{"product_id":"zeros-neighbour-9780745644158","title":"Zeros Neighbour","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZero's Neighbour is Helene Cixous's tribute to theminimalist genius of the artist in exile who courted nothingness inhis writing like nobody else: Samuel Beckett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Although a slim book, each page flairs wildly with linguistic play: puns, double entendres, and off-rhymes, a collapsing of Beckett's words with Cixous's, a combinatory style, this is a stage of shadows looming near zero, near nothing or near death or near immortality. Or perhaps closer to the infinite.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating meditation by one wordsmith on another: Cixous's text reflects not only on Beckett and her relations to his work but also on the very nature of translation itself.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eChristina Howells\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"'Precious little,' quotes Cixous from Beckett, finding the precise intersection between her own expansive, luscious prose and Beckett's stark and hilarious minimalism. \u003ci\u003eZero's Neighbour\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating and fantastic confrontation between two very different, equally admirable, proponents of the art of living one's writing out of the certainty of nothing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Bennington, Emory University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book promises to become as influential in Beckett studies as its author's writings on Joyce proved to be for Joyce studies. A work of poetry as much as of criticism by one great writer on another, this text will be of interest to anyone concerned with questioning the literary experience.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMairéad Hanrahan, University College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Intra-duction'.  \u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZero's Neighbour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor a final attempt to be done with ending in body and soul with Beckett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404385624407,"sku":"9780745644158","price":38.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745644158.jpg?v=1730486295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/zeros-neighbour-9780745644158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}