{"product_id":"ne-me-quitte-pas-a-song-by-jacques-brel-and-interpreted-by-nina-simone-and-others","title":"Ne me quitte pas: A Song by Jacques Brel and Interpreted by Nina Simone and Others","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Maya Angela Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more\" data-action=\"read-more\" data-overviewlongdescription=\"null\" data-aboutthebook=\"true\" id=\"product-description-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aboutthebook\"\u003eIn 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed \"Ne me quitte pas\" (Don't leave me), a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back. As a teenager, Maya Angela Smith was so captivated by Nina Simone's powerful 1965 cover of the song that it inspired her to be a French professor. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNe me quitte pas\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith follows the classic song's long and varied journey, from Brel's iconic 1966 performance on French television to Simone's cover to Shirley Bassey's English-language version (\"If You Go Away\") to its contemporary manifestations in popular culture. Throughout, Smith shows that as the song travels across languages, geographies, genres, and generations, it accumulates shifting artistic and cultural significance as each listener creates their own meaning.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"series-name\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/singles\" class=\"secondary series-name\" data-a8n=\"pdp_see-collection__link\"\u003eSingles\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec publisher-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003eDuke University Press\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec shippingdimensions-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eShipping dimensions\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e7\" H x 7\" W x 1\" L\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"spec upc-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb class=\"label\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"value\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bnc-ean\"\u003e9781478031468\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51479851729028,"sku":null,"price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0950\/9801\/1780\/files\/EB64FD59-BB94-42A8-AA03-719F37B0DB21.jpg?v=1768933930","url":"https:\/\/librairieresonance.com\/en\/products\/ne-me-quitte-pas-a-song-by-jacques-brel-and-interpreted-by-nina-simone-and-others","provider":"Librairie Résonance Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}