{"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 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo?mi 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Transit Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50889649193234,"sku":"9781945492990","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_51469b4a-c040-4759-b7da-bb429e146851.jpg?v=1738163573","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/speak-stop-9781945492990","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}