{"product_id":"as-i-was-saying-9781628974584","title":"As I Was Saying","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn indispensable companion to Gertrude Stein's masterpiece, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Making of Americans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the great works of 20th-century American fiction, Stein's novel represents a peak of modernist literature: filled with repetition, overlapping and disintegrating plots, innumerable characters, and sentences stretching over pages. It is an immensely rewarding book, but also a potentially frustrating one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, Cecilia Konchar Farr and Janie Sisson offer a reader's guide-the first of its kind. \u003cem\u003eAs I Was Saying\u003c\/em\u003e is proof that \u003cem\u003eThe Making of Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is not unreadable as charged, and offers accessible entry to the experimental writing Stein valued and promoted most--the original modernist novel by the era's most influential author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cecilia Konchar Farr,Janie Sisson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Scholarly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628974584","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45046475915401,"sku":"9781628974584","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_308ab962-ac62-4396-b7e8-1fe5657b7840.jpg?v=1765399937","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/as-i-was-saying-9781628974584","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}