{"product_id":"9780544356986_the-book-for-my-brother","title":"The Book For My Brother","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of poems from Tomaž Šalamun is exuberant, ambitious, and full of surprises. Here the devil is encountered and understood-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI see the devil's head, people, I see his whole body . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe longs for innocence, as we do. \u003cp\u003eHere the poet juggles many tones, languages, and countries. Desire is evoked as both frustrating and exhilarating-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'm watered by longing, knocking my\u003cp\u003ehead into the wall, on the ground, or I burn, burn,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003efolded up on the couch.\u003cp\u003eAnd memory comes back to remind us of the laws and experiences of childhood-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce again you are let loose in the sea\u003cp\u003eonly after five o'clock in the afternoon to take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea dose of sunlight like the ticking of the clock.\u003cp\u003eAt once daring and clear-voiced, The Book for My Brother is an extraordinary achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of thrilling contradictions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAvant-Garde Vision:\u003c\/b\u003e Where the sacred meets the profane, and the devil is understood not as a monster, but as a being who “longs for innocence, as we do.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Global Voice:\u003c\/b\u003e Journey through poems that juggle languages and continents with breathtaking speed, from the coast of Dalmatia to the streets of New York.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLyrical Intensity:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience desire as both frustrating and exhilarating, in lines that capture the feeling of burning on a couch or knocking your head into the wall for pure longing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePhilosophical Depth:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore the tender and strange laws of childhood, where a dose of sunlight is measured out “like the ticking of the clock.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tomaz Salamun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46925399031957,"sku":"9780544356986","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/x750_110eca9e-97fb-4d14-98ce-de0f07002cb2.jpg?v=1776992644","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780544356986_the-book-for-my-brother","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}