{"product_id":"speak-stop-paperback","title":"Speak \/ Stop - 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\u003eNo?mi Lefebvre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSophie Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn irreverent semiotic fever dream that weighs meaning and meaning-making against idea and ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\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 No?mi 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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47260476014841,"sku":"9781945492990","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/4GfOSkZqFR9781945492990.webp?v=1768785524","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/speak-stop-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}