{"product_id":"suppose-a-sentence-9781681375243","title":"Suppose a Sentence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssayism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e book of the year\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSuppose a Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called \"a literary fl neur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin,\" has written a sequel of sorts to \u003ci\u003eEssayism\u003c\/i\u003e, his roaming love letter to literature. In this new book Dillon turns his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence--from Shakespeare to Janet Malcolm, John Ruskin to Joan Didion--the book explores style, voice, and language, along with the subjectivity of reading. Both an exercise in practical criticism and a set of experiments or challenges, \u003ci\u003eSuppose a Sentence\u003c\/i\u003e is a polemical and personal reflection on the art of the sentence in literature. Whether the sentence in question is a rigorous expression of a state of vulnerability, extremity, even madness, or a carefully calibrated arrangement, Dillon examines not only how it works and why but also, in the course of the book, what the sentence once was, what it is today, and what it might become tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681375243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Brian Dillon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36665552568476,"sku":"9781681375243","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_81bc3d38-d84f-48b6-ba82-820c5a678a2f.jpg?v=1603909810","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/suppose-a-sentence-9781681375243","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}