Description: The correspondence between Adorno and Walter Benjamin, which appears here for the first time in its entirety in English translation, must rank among the most significant to have come down to us from that notable age of barbarism, the 20th century. Each writer had met his match--happily--in the other. This book is the story of an elective affinity.
Brief description: Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was the author of many works of literary and cultural analysis.
Review Quotes: The extraordinary and unique qualities of this correspondence stem from the confrontation, in stages, between two of the most intense and energetic minds of the century.--Fredric R. Jameson, Duke University