{"product_id":"tender-buttons-9780872866355","title":"Tender Buttons","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe MLA Committee on Scholarly Editions has awarded \u003ci\u003eTender Buttons: The Corrected Centennial Edition\u003c\/i\u003e its seal designating it an MLA Approved Edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2014 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the original publication of Gertrude Stein''s groundbreaking modernist classic, \u003ci\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/i\u003e. This centennial edition is the first and only version to incorporate Stein''s own handwritten corrections—found in a first-edition copy at the University of Colorado—as well as corrections discovered among her papers at the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Editor Seth Perlow has assembled a text with over one hundred emendations, resulting in the first version of \u003ci\u003eTender Buttons\u003c\/i\u003e that truly reflects its author''s intentions. These changes are detailed in Perlow''s Note on the Text, which describes the editorial process and lists the specific variants for the benefit of future scholars. The book includes facsimile images of some of Stein''s handwritten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tender Buttons is a showcase of Stein's joyful draw to words.\"--Dina Weinstein, Jewish Book Council  \"What distinguishes this edition from others is over 100 edits, some indicated by Stein in her unmistakable handwriting found by editor Perlow in a first-edition copy held at the University of Colorado, as well as other corrections gleaned from her papers at Beinecke Library of Yale University and from the Library of America edition.\"--Karren LaLonde Alenier, Scene4 Magazine  \"She did in writing what Picasso and her other painter friends were doing in their Cubist painting. Writing had to be moved out of the grip of the nineteenth century. All naturalistic description, romanticism and sentimentality had to be left behind.\"--Renate Stendhal, San Francisco Bay Times  \"Tender Buttons is a dazzling work that rewards close study and requires a willingness to let go of the need for concrete, literal storytelling.\"--Christopher Luna, Rain Taxi Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\"Tender Buttons is a showcase of Stein's joyful draw to words.\"--Dina Weinstein, Jewish Book Council  \"What distinguishes this edition from others is over 100 edits, some indicated by Stein in her unmistakable handwriting found by editor Perlow in a first-edition copy held at the University of Colorado, as well as other corrections gleaned from her papers at Beinecke Library of Yale University and from the Library of America edition.\"--Karren LaLonde Alenier, Scene4 Magazine  \"She did in writing what Picasso and her other painter friends were doing in their Cubist painting. Writing had to be moved out of the grip of the nineteenth century. All naturalistic description, romanticism and sentimentality had to be left behind.\"--Renate Stendhal, San Francisco Bay Times  \"Tender Buttons is a dazzling work that rewards close study and requires a willingness to let go of the need for concrete, literal storytelling.\"--Christopher Luna, Rain Taxi Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender Buttons: Objects, Food, Rooms [The Corrected Text]  Reception History by Juliana Spahr  A Note on the Text by Seth Perlow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884895973719,"sku":"9780872866355","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872866355.jpg?v=1722533955","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tender-buttons-9780872866355","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}