Tender Buttons

by Gertrude Stein Narrated by LibriVox Community

Overview

The time came when there was a birthday. Every day was no excitement and a birthday was added, it was added on Monday, this made the memory clear, this which was a speech showed the chair in the middle where there was copper.

A kind of green a game in green and nothing flat nothing quite flat and more round, nothing a particular color strangely, nothing breaking the losing of no little piece.

The teasing is tender and trying and thoughtful.

Extracts from Tender Buttons.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Self-published in 1914, this is one of the volumes that solidified Stein's reputation. Dividing the book into three sections--Objects, Food, and Rooms--Stein attempts to form images using repetition and disjointed words. As the average person will find that it makes no sense at all, Stein's exercise in automatic writing remains in the realm of the literati.

Booknews

<:st> Reprint of the 1914 edition (cited in ) with a new note on the text. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170193646
Publisher:	LibriVox
Publication date:	08/25/2014

Videos