{"product_id":"speak-stop","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","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616317530478,"sku":"9781945492990","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_2fe1b852-86aa-4b9f-b4a1-f31cd8018c66.jpg?v=1775954291","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/speak-stop","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}