{"title":"Douglas Glover","description":"\u003cp\u003eDouglas Glover's works delve into the nuanced intersections of creativity and human experience, often exploring themes with a thoughtful and disciplined approach. His writing invites readers to engage deeply with the dynamics of restraint and expression within the arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose drawn to contemplative literature that challenges conventional perspectives will find Glover’s work rich with insight. His exploration of complex ideas is both precise and evocative, offering a distinctive voice in contemporary cultural discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-erotics-of-restraint-by-douglas-glover-9781771962919","title":"The Erotics of Restraint","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do we read? What do we cherish in a book? What is the nature of a masterpiece? What do Alice Munro, Albert Camus, and the great Polish experimentalist Witold Gombrowicz have in common?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Nabokov, Calvino, and Kundera, Douglas Glover's new essay collection fuses his long experience as an author with his love of philosophy and his passion for form. Call it a new kind of criticism or an operator's manual for readers and writers, \u003cem\u003eThe Erotics of Restraint\u003c\/em\u003e extends Glover's long and deeply personal conversation with great books and their authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the same dazzling mix of emotion and idea that characterises his fiction, he dissects narrative and shows us how and why it works, why we love it, and how that makes us human. Erudite and obsessively detailed, inventive, confessional, and cheeky, these essays offer a brilliant clarity, a respite in an age of doubt. They raise the bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471767552236,"sku":"9781771962919","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781771962919-the-erotics-of-restraint.jpg?v=1775253010"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/douglas-glover.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}