{"product_id":"silence-and-silences-paperback","title":"Silence and Silences - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWallis Wilde-Menozzi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA meditation on the infinite search for meanings in silence, from Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Tiber\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe need quiet to feel nothing, to hear silence that brings back proportion and the beauty of not knowing except for the outlines of what we live every day. Something inner settles. The right to silence unmediated by social judgment. Sitting at a table in an empty kitchen, peeling an apple, I wait for its next transformation. The red, mottled, dangling skin slowly unwinds what happened to it on earth.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWallis Wilde-Menozzi set out to touch silence for brief experiences of what is real. In images, dreams, and actions, the challenge leads to her heart as a writer. The pages of \u003ci\u003eSilence and Silences \u003c\/i\u003eform a vast tapestry of meanings shaped by many forces outside personal circumstance. Moving closer, the reader notices intricacies that shift when touched. As the writer steps aside, there is cosmic joy, biological truth, historical injustice. The reader finds women's voices and women's silences, sees Agnes Martin's thin, fine lines and D. H. Lawrence's artful letters, and becomes a part of Wilde-Menozzi's examination of the ever-changing self. COVID-19 thrusts itself into the unbounded narrative, and isolation brings with it a new kind of stillness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Wilde-Menozzi writes, \"Reading a book is a way of withdrawing into silence. It is a way of seeing and listening, of pulling back from what is happening at that very moment.\" The author has created a record of how we tell ourselves stories, how we think and how we know. Above all, she has made silence a presence as rich as time on the page and given readers space to discover what that means to a life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWallis Wilde-Menozzi \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eMother Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Tiber\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToscanelli's Ray\u003c\/i\u003e. Her poetry, essays, and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTel Aviv Review\u003c\/i\u003e. A collection of her essays was published in Italian as \u003ci\u003eL'oceano è dentro di noi\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Parma, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280697012472,"sku":"9781250858733","price":26.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/b1hpaVNlNE5iRFJmTXdCTG5GdE5xUT09.webp?v=1777074636","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/silence-and-silences-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}