{"product_id":"muffins-leon-rooke-9780889841673","title":"Muffins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Muffins\" is a square; it has a vinyl cover of a photograph of Rooke and his wife and another woman (their daughter?). The photograph-cover, if one reads'' it closely, shows the daughter reading a book; her back is facing her parents who are at a table eating -- or about to eat -- muffins. There is a book case stuffed with books arranged'' in a messy way. The photograph has in the middle a rectangle in white lines and the words in different typefaces (and colours): \"Muffins\" and Leon Rooke under \"Muffins.\" The effect is startling because I see photographs of books within the book itself. And I am thus aware that there is a carefully designed book-within-the-book. And I start thinking about the \"relation\" of the various elements I have mentioned. Is the cover the beginning of the book? Does it, on the contrary, tell a secret story? I see, finally, that I as reader or viewer must interpret the relations, must join -- or create -- the \"performance of interpretation.\" In a sense, then, I am writing a review of the photograph of the author. And I have not yet opened \"Muffins\"! My consciousness is whirling!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leon Rooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889841675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889841673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Porcupine's Quill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.18h x 6.80w x 0.16d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leon Rooke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483736912127,"sku":"9780889841673","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75f97abf-1a7c-41f7-8365-126799907bda.jpg?v=1778040321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/muffins-leon-rooke-9780889841673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}