Édouard Glissant (1928-2011), alongside Frantz Fanon, fought for the independence of Martinique in the 1960s. Over the next fifty years, he articulated a third way between globalization and nationalism: the possibility of collectivity without coercion, of exchange without dilution.

Ten years after Glissant’s passing, Hans Ulrich Obrist has returned to his records of their years-long friendship—editing and reworking their correspondence to create a guide to producing new realities today.

isolarii are island books—singular worlds, encapsulated. Together, they assemble disparate writers, artists, filmmakers and architects to help us navigate the world anew...

Author: Edouard Glissant
Editor: Hans Ulrich Obrist
Series: isolarii 6
Publisher: isolarii
Page Count: 220pp
Size: 2.75 x 4.25
Notes: paperback, color, dust jacket
Date of Publication: February 2022