{"product_id":"edward-said-isbn-9781788734110","title":"Edward Said","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn intimate account of Edward Saïd's life and thought\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal, literary portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most influential scholars, written by his close friend and confidante. Here, Lebanese novelist and essayist Dominique Eddé offers a fascinating and fresh presentation of his oeuvre from his earliest writings on Joseph Conrad to his most famous texts, \u003ci\u003eOrientalism\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCulture and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEddé weaves together accounts of the genesis and content of Said’s work, his intellectual development, and her own reflections and personal recollections of their friendship, which began in 1979 and lasted until Said’s death in 2003. In this intimate and searching portrait of Said’s thought, Eddé continues to maintain their dialogue despite his death, trying to make peace with the loss of a collaborator with whom she still wants to talk and disagree.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together personal reflection and theoretical innovation, reflective mourning and immediate argument, Eddé has written a testament to a great intellectual passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth specialists of Said’s work and newcomers will find much to learn in this rich portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most important intellectuals.\u003cb\u003eDominique Eddé\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Lebanon and is the author of numerous novels, including Kite (2012), Kamal Jann (2014) as well as The Crime of Jean Genet (2016) and a book of interviews with the psychoanalyst André Green.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304745128165,"sku":"NP9781788734110","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788734110.jpg?v=1767725883","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/edward-said-isbn-9781788734110","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}