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Dead Letter

Jocelyn Saidenberg

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English
Roof Books,U.S.
21 January 2015
Finally! 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:

I would prefer not to.""

Jocelyn Saidenberg has given Bartleby full voice in Roof Books'

Dead Letter. ""

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.
By:  
Imprint:   Roof Books,U.S.
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   170g
ISBN:   9781931824583
ISBN 10:   1931824584
Pages:   94
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jocelyn Saidenberg' s books include Mortal City, Cusp, Negativity and Shipwreck. Born in New York City, she has lived and worked in San Francisco since 1994.

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