"The Absence of the Book" is an essay by a French philosopher. This Spanish philosopher and Georges Simenon are both writers.
Maurice Blanchot (] ; 22 September 1907  20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist. 
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (] ; 13 February 1903  4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. 
 A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. 
"The Absence of the Book" is an essay by French philosopher and literary theorist Maurice Blanchot which appeared in his 1993 collection "The Infinite Conversation". 
