{"product_id":"9780803234901","title":"The Other Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eJordan Stump had often contemplated the relationship between a translation and “the book itself,” ruminating on the intriguing inherent sameness and difference between the two. In \u003ci\u003eThe Other Book\u003c\/i\u003e, Stump examines the “other” forms of a book and the ways in which they both mirror and depart from the original. Grounding his witty and original study in an exploration of four forms of Raymond Queneau’s \u003ci\u003eLe chiendent\u003c\/i\u003e—a copy, the manuscript, a translation, and a critical edition—Stump poses questions designed to help readers reconsider the nature of fiction and reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach form of \u003ci\u003eLe chiendent\u003c\/i\u003e both is and is not what we mean when we say \"\u003ci\u003eLe chiendent\u003c\/i\u003e,\" yet the friction between their ways of being and that of “the book itself” proves unexpectedly productive, raising troublesome questions about the nature of textuality, reading, language, and knowledge. It also positions us to assess several answers proposed in response to such questions and to wonder about their usefulness. And as we consider those questions, we will have Queneau’s novel beside us, further confounding our attempts to answer—for our inability to answer those questions is precisely the point of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Book\u003c\/i\u003e, as it is of \u003ci\u003eLe chiendent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078523240688,"sku":"9780803234901","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803234901","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}