{"product_id":"silence-paperback-20","title":"Silence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Biguenet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIan Bogost\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is silence? In a series of short meditations, novelist and playwright John Biguenet considers silence as a servant of power, as a lie, as a punishment, as the voice of God, as a terrorist's final weapon, as a luxury good, as the reason for torture-in short, as an object we both do and do not recognize. Concluding with the prospects for its future in a world burgeoning with noise, Biguenet asks whether we should desire or fear silence-or if it is even ours to choose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Biguenet\u003c\/b\u003e is Robert Hunter Distinguished University Professor at Loyola University, New Orleans, USA. His publications include \u003ci\u003eOyster \u003c\/i\u003e(Ecco\/HarperCollins Publishers, 2002), \u003ci\u003eThe Torturer's Apprentice: Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(Ecco\/HarperCollins Publishers, 2001), \u003ci\u003eTheories of Translation: An Anthology of Essays from Dryden to Derrida \u003c\/i\u003e(co-editor with Rainer Schulte, University of Chicago Press, 1992), and \u003ci\u003eForeign Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e (Random House\/Vintage, 1978). He served as the first guest columnist of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(2005-2006). He has received an O. Henry Award for short fiction, and his nonfiction, poetry, fiction and plays have appeared in such magazines as \u003ci\u003eGranta, Esquire, Oxford American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has twice been elected president of the American Literary Translators Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 6.4 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336752873721,"sku":"9781628921427","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/b1gV9g1E9D9781628921427.webp?v=1769671062","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/silence-paperback-20","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}