{"product_id":"speak-stop-9781945492990","title":"Speak \/ Stop","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn irreverent semiotic fever dream that weighs meaning and meaning-making against idea and ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--We have read Proust but we're not sure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Who has really read Proust\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Besides a few Proustians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--We are no Proustians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Despite not being anti-Proustian...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeak \/ Stop\u003c\/em\u003e comprises two interrelated texts: a chorus of unidentified voices followed by a work of literary criticism that only Noémi Lefebvre could write--a semiotic fever dream that weighs meaning and meaning-making against idea and ideology.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbstracted, irreverent, and full of biting satire, Lefebvre picks apart hypocrisies in our lives and the language of our lives, skewering our literary pieties before delving headfirst into the paradox of self-criticism. Working against conventional notions of genre and form, \u003cem\u003eSpeak \/ Stop\u003c\/em\u003e is \"a madhouse of earthworm sentences\" interrogating concerns of class and taste, ease, and inclusion\/exclusion that are the foundations of Lefebvre's work.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13359568\"\u003eNoémi Lefebvre\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Transit Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945492990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945492996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC076000\"\u003eFeminist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC101040\"\u003eWorld Literature | France | 21st Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoémi Lefebvre was born in 1964 and lives in Lyon. She studied music for over 10 years as a child and later obtained her PhD on the subject of music education and national identity in Germany and France. She became a political scientist at CERAT de Grenoble II Institute. She is the author of three novels, all of which have garnered intense critical success in France: her debut novel \u003ci\u003eL'Autoportrait bleu\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eL'etat des sentiments a l'age adulte\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eL'enfance politique\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). She is a regular contributor to the respected French investigative website Mediapart and to the bilingual French-German review \u003ci\u003eLa mer gelee\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48456349122797,"sku":"9781945492990","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b649315a-8a84-43e8-8dc8-5023ca0f25e2.jpg?v=1753553824","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/speak-stop-9781945492990","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}