{"title":"Maurice Riordan","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaurice Riordan’s work invites readers into a rich exploration of language and form, often weaving intimate reflections with a sharp awareness of the natural world. His poetry and prose, such as \u003cem\u003eRope\u003c\/em\u003e, reveal a profound engagement with the arts and culture, blending lyrical beauty with thoughtful insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose drawn to contemplative, evocative writing will appreciate Riordan’s ability to capture the textures of life and creativity. His work offers a compelling journey through themes of connection, memory, and the subtle interplay between the human and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rope-by-maurice-riordan-9780571401482","title":"Rope","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage is the labyrinth we're enmeshed in, and any line of exploration we think is leading us out only adds a further strand to the entanglement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e presents an alluring and provocative array of insights as it follows a mind on the move, ever curious and restlessly making connections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNuggets of wisdom, snippets of anecdote, and choice quotations are collected here, signposted by suggestive shoulder notes. Together they form a kind of contemporary commonplace book, accumulating with associative loops and echoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross three prose sections, Maurice Riordan knots together strands including scientific inquiry, colour theory and AI, philosophy, ethics, and psychoanalysis. There are instructive revelations about the art of poetry, about all literature—whether the 'folly of literary ambition' or the 'sinuous garland of plagiarism'—gleaned from a lifetime of reading and writing. The middle section delves into the author's personal history, evoking a childhood in rural Cork—'I was born into a horse-drawn candlelit world'—and a 'new self' forged in fatherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRiordan is an intimate and jocular narrator throughout, calling upon everyone from Shakespeare to Schrödinger, Sappho to Siri, in the shaping of these piquant and unforgettable discoveries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48022044180716,"sku":"9780571401482","price":12.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571401482-rope.jpg?v=1785287270"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/maurice-riordan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}