The Other Book: Bewilderments of Fiction

by Jordan Stump

Jordan 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 The Other Book, 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 Le chiendent--a copy, the manuscript,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803234309
• ISBN13: 9780803234307
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"