{"product_id":"scratches-volume-1-the-rules-of-the-game-volume-1-9780300212372","title":"Scratches, Volume 1: The Rules of the Game, Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dazzling translation by Lydia Davis of the first volume of Michel Leiris's masterwork, perhaps the most important French autobiographical enterprise of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michel Leiris, a French intellectual whose literary works inspired high praise from the likes of Simone de Beauvoir and Claude L vi-Strauss, began the first volume of his autobiographical project at the age of 40. It was the beginning of an endeavor that ultimately required 35 years and three additional volumes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Volume 1, \u003ci\u003eScratches\u003c\/i\u003e, Leiris proposes to discover a \u003ci\u003esavoir vivre\u003c\/i\u003e, a mode of living that would have a place for both his poetics and his personal morality. \"I can scarcely see the literary use of speech as anything but a means of sharpening one's consciousness in order to be more--and in a better way--alive,\" he declares. He begins the project of uncovering memories, returning to moments and images of childhood--his father's recording machine, the letters of the alphabet coming to life--and then of his later life--Paris under the Occupation, a journey to Africa, and a troubling fear of death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10406177\"\u003eMichel Leiris\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300212372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300212372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO006000\"\u003eHistorical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS013000\"\u003eEurope | France\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Leiris\u003c\/b\u003e (1901-1990) was a profoundly influential and versatile French intellectual. His four-volume autobiographical essay, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of the Game\u003c\/i\u003e, serves as a primary document of artistic life in the twentieth century. \u003cb\u003eLydia Davis \u003c\/b\u003ehas received numerous awards as a translator of works from the French and as an author. She lives in upstate NY.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832796774539,"sku":"9780300212372","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_e18d8413-1cd9-4182-8ff9-4ac6dc2bc48c.jpg?v=1755623081","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/scratches-volume-1-the-rules-of-the-game-volume-1-9780300212372","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}