{"title":"David Mason","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Mason\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts works that explore the delicate interplay between art and nature, inviting readers into vivid landscapes coloured by poetic sensibility. His writing often reflects a deep appreciation for the cultural textures that shape human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn books like \u003cem\u003ePacific Light\u003c\/em\u003e, Mason weaves thoughtful reflections that bridge visual artistry and literary expression, making his work a compelling choice for those drawn to arts and culture with lyrical depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pacific-light-by-david-mason-9781636280578","title":"Pacific Light","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePacific Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of transformations, history, love, endurance, and unfathomable beauty by a poet 'at the height of his powers'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Mason was born in Washington State, forty-odd degrees north latitude, and now lives on the Australian island of Tasmania, forty-odd degrees south latitude. That Pacific crossing is the work of a lifetime of devotion and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rich new poems of \u003cem\u003ePacific Light\u003c\/em\u003e explore the implications of the light as well as peace and its opposing forces. What does it mean to be an immigrant and face the ultimate borders of our lives? How can we say the word \u003cem\u003ehome\u003c\/em\u003e and mean it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese questions have obsessed Mason in his major narrative works, \u003cem\u003eThe Country I Remember\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLudlow\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as his lyric and dramatic writing. \u003cem\u003ePacific Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a culmination and a deepening of that work, a book of transformations, history and love, endurance and unfathomable beauty, by a poet 'at the height of his powers'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597478346988,"sku":"9781636280578","price":48.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781636280578-pacific-light.jpg?v=1777952773"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/david-mason.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}