{"title":"Jennifer MacKenzie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer MacKenzie\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the rich tapestry of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, blending vivid storytelling with meticulous research. Her works, including titles like \u003cem\u003eBorobudur\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wallace Line\u003c\/em\u003e, delve into the intersection of history, geography, and cultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful narratives that illuminate the significance of art and natural boundaries, inviting reflection on the ways human creativity and nature shape our world. MacKenzie’s writing is both engaging and enlightening, perfect for those fascinated by the enduring legacies of culture and place.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-wallace-line-by-jennifer-mackenzie-9781923023444","title":"The Wallace Line","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile interrogating the tragedy of colonialism and the often fraught nature of exploration and discovery, \u003ci\u003eThe Wallace Line: A Poem\u003c\/i\u003e honours co-existence, a world of merging borders, where the oud can resonate along with the bird of paradise, the blue pigment in a Titian painting with the sound of a Javanese gamelan in moonlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn celebrating trajectory as artefact, the poem is both a call for beauty and a plea for compassion, in a divided world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341450920172,"sku":"9781923023444","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/794fa886fb248bcba1b138e429a9b10b.jpg?v=1772220531"},{"product_id":"borobudur-by-jennifer-mackenzie-9780980461664","title":"Borobudur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time of the construction of Borobudur in the ninth century, Buddhism had been established in Java for several centuries. Mackenzie's \u003cem\u003eBorobudur\u003c\/em\u003e, an exquisite long poem, tells the story of its legendary architect, Gunavarman, and of Indonesia's mystical monument with cultural understanding, sensitivity, and great feeling. Like Gunavarman, by the poem's end, Mackenzie becomes 'a dot on the horizon', leaving us stilled in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike turning a wonderfully textured and beautifully glazed vessel around and around, the chronology of Jennifer Mackenzie's \u003cem\u003eBorobudur\u003c\/em\u003e is progressed while eluding linearity. Her legend of Gunavarman, Javanese Buddhism's almost mythical priest-architect, reminds one of Hesse's \u003cem\u003eSiddhartha\u003c\/em\u003e with the parallel reality she creates for the book's protagonists. \u003cem\u003eBorobudur\u003c\/em\u003e is a memorable invention, utterly present as it succours both history and imagination. The poem's tropical atmospheres and correspondingly spiced language, the sumptuous detail and layers of story girdle the poem as it, in its marvellous stead, encircles the monument which time almost forgot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Kris Hemensley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorobudur\u003c\/em\u003e has been assisted by the Australian government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body. Jennifer Mackenzie will be a guest of the 2009 Ubud Writers' Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595851251948,"sku":"9780980461664","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/500cae858f95e3baac2934dca91c4f21.jpg?v=1777933451"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jennifer-mackenzie.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}