{"product_id":"bartleby-co-paperback","title":"Bartleby \u0026 Co. - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEnrique Vila-Matas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Dunne\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBartleby \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e, an enormously enjoyable novel, Enrique Vila-Matas tackles the theme of silence in literature: the writers and non-writers who, like the scrivener Bartleby of the Herman Melville story, in answer to any question or demand, replies: I would prefer not to. Addressing such artists of refusal as Robert Walser, Robert Musil, Arthur Rimbaud, Marcel Duchamp, Herman Melville, and J. D. Salinger, \u003cem\u003eBartleby \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/em\u003e could be described as a meditation: a walking tour through the annals of literature. Written as a series of footnotes (a non-work itself), \u003cem\u003eBartleby\u003c\/em\u003e embarks on such questions as why do we write, why do we exist? The answer lies in the novel itself: told from the point of view of a hermetic hunchback who has no luck with women, and is himself unable to write, \u003cem\u003eBartleby\u003c\/em\u003e is utterly engaging, a work of profound and philosophical beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 7.99 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689571520575,"sku":"9780811216982","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/403cf17a57e8e5d02a1da4b01e7a0a59.webp?v=1764985957","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/bartleby-co-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}