{"product_id":"the-table-9781939663245","title":"The Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final chapter in Francis Ponge's interrogation of unassuming objects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten from 1967 to 1973 over a series of early mornings in seclusion in his country home, \u003ci\u003eThe Table\u003c\/i\u003e offers a final chapter in Francis Ponge's interrogation of the unassuming objects in his life: in this case, the table upon which he wrote. In his effort to get at the presence lying beneath his elbow, Ponge charts out a space of silent consolation that lies beyond (and challenges) scientific objectivity and poetic transport. This is one of Ponge's most personal, overlooked, and--because it was the project he was working on when he died--his least processed works. It reveals the personal struggle Ponge engaged in throughout all of his writing, a hesitant uncertainty he usually pared away from his published texts that is at touching opposition to the manufactured, \"durable mother\" of the table on and of which he here writes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wakefield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939663245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Francis Ponge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750007107765,"sku":"9781939663245","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-table-9781939663245","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}