{"product_id":"the-obituary-paperback-1","title":"The Obituary - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGail Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn order to traverse a city where identity is tagged by accent, Rosine, Gail Scott's part-Indigenous protagonist, performs an ever-shifting amalgam, ventriloquizing often suspect voices, both contemporaneous and ancestral. Her inability to claim a legacy becomes a trajectory of disjunctions where place, language, and race are lived through in the most detailed ways, fostering schisms that challenge what narrative has come to mean under the rubric of the \"novel.\" Though a mystery, possibly involving murder, The Obituary is less a whodunit than an investigation of who speaks when \"one\" speaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGAIL SCOTT is the author of essays, manifestos, short stories, and three other novels including My Paris. She teaches at the Université de Montréal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763652526368,"sku":"9781937658038","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/50183c286bd6efffc354bacdc2b62a10.webp?v=1780238126","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-obituary-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}