{"product_id":"9781945492990","title":"Speak \/ Stop","description":"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe have read Proust but we’re not sure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Who has really read Proust\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Besides a few Proustians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—We are no Proustians\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Despite not being anti-Proustian...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeak \/ Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbstracted, irreverent, and full of biting satire, Lefebvre \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epicks apart hypocrisies in our lives and the language of our lives, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eskewering our literary pieties\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e before \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edelving headfirst into the paradox of self-criticism. Working against conventional notions of genre and form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpeak \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStop\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is “a madhouse of earthworm sentences”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e interrogating concerns of class and taste, ease, and inclusion\/exclusion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that are the foundations of Lefebvre’s work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—We like Proust a lot, but do we know him?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—We enjoy literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—And enjoy enjoying it\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Indeed we aspire to a degree of culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Which we also enjoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—For we do have some\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Noémi Lefebvre","offers":[{"title":"Transit Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-09-27","offer_id":45663917179135,"sku":"9781945492990","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_1200x1200_badb06f6-902b-4f55-b7c8-b58f7268d663.jpg?v=1718385682","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781945492990","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}