{"product_id":"dead-letter-paperback","title":"Dead Letter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJocelyn Saidenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally! Bartleby speaks his mind. In 1853, Herman Melville published the short story \" Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street,\" an icon for generations of resisters, and in the story all Bartleby repeats is one statement. According to Christian Nagler's \" Afterword,\" \" It may be the most reproduced meme in American letters: \u003ci\u003eI would prefer not to\u003c\/i\u003e.\" Jocelyn Saidenberg has given Bartleby full voice in Roof Books' \u003ci\u003eDead Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. \" Let's not keep Bartleby inert, not maintain him as an empty sign. Let's not remain industriously bewildered, not translate his preference into an unassimilable ambivalence between acceptance and refusal, not take moderate interest in him, not take it just as far as enigma,\" says Nagler. Here we have the actual Bartleby laid out before us, his desires, his frustrations, and finally his revolt. Rarely has one person's point of view been so long awaited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJocelyn Saidenberg's books include \u003ci\u003eMortal City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCusp\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNegativity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShipwreck\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in New York City, she has lived and worked in San Francisco since 1994.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9.25 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759467200800,"sku":"9781931824583","price":23.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/22d1b4647363666632c0494d44227aad.webp?v=1780153620","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dead-letter-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}