{"title":"Andrew Sant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndrew Sant’s work offers a thoughtful exploration of the human experience, blending poetic insight with vivid cultural reflections. His books, such as \u003cem\u003eBaffling Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNear the Border\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into contemplative journeys marked by delicate language and profound emotional resonance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the broader themes of arts and culture, Sant’s writing captures moments of quiet intensity and brings everyday observations to life with subtlety and grace. His collections appeal to those who appreciate poetry that balances personal reflection with universal significance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"near-the-border-by-andrew-sant-9781922571793","title":"Near the Border","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'If, as has been said, Sant is \"an important, innovative poet\" with a \"penetrating eye for the hidden geometries of meaning\" it is because, whatever his subject, the vision it draws out of him is there to be his and the subject, like the insight, has come as naturally to him as leaves are to trees.' \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Knottenbelt, Agenda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Andrew Sant writes intellectually compelling and formally taut poems ... made possible when an exceptional facility with language collides with everyday subjects.' \u003cem\u003eBrian Henry, Poetry Nation Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sant's accomplished, cosmopolitan style gains from repeated exposure. \"Pleasure\" has been a word much trivialised of late when talking about poetry, but Sant's poems provide that all-too-rare commodity.' \u003cem\u003eNicholas Birns, Verse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'In what is now a significant body of work we should see Andrew Sant, in this new book, in its approachable eloquence and its formal and musical intelligence as, in his phrase, a new \"passport into immersion\". \u003cem\u003eAdam Phillips, The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47383935811820,"sku":"9781922571793","price":32.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d2f4cc844f3bd4bfa02c8ee1689c18be.jpg?v=1773437180"},{"product_id":"baffling-gravity-by-andrew-sant-9781925780239","title":"Baffling Gravity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaffling Gravity\u003c\/em\u003e explores gravity as a physical influence, the weight of gravity, and the gravity of thought and action. These themes lie at the heart of Andrew Sant's new collection of poems, highlighting not only gravity but also the means of baffling it, particularly through wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGravity, featured in these poems, is equally baffling in its alternative sense, as a perplexing force or theory. Spanning various times and places, these poems offer richly textured investigations of the world, its terrain, and its people, crafted by an alert, often restless, and informed observer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595765006572,"sku":"9781925780239","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925780239-baffling-gravity.jpg?v=1777906097"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/andrew-sant.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}