{"title":"Paul Legault","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Legault's work invites readers into a subtle interplay of language and meaning, blending poetry with unexpected twists. His writing often explores themes of perception and the structures that shape our understanding, making each read a thoughtful experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Legault's books like \u003cstrong\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/strong\u003e offer a refreshing approach to contemporary literature, appealing to those who appreciate innovative narrative forms and literary imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-tower-by-paul-legault-9781552454114","title":"The Tower","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/em\u003e is a \"translation\" of W. B. Yeats's \u003cem\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/em\u003e—an homage and reinvention of the poet's greatest work. Whereas Yeats's book contended with his mortality as an aging spiritualist Irish Senator, this version contends with a new mortality: ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection crystallise the transition from Legault's late twenties to his early thirties, situated in North America during a time of political upheaval. It takes each of Yeats's poems as a starting point and queers them. It translates Yeats's modernist urge, on the other side of a long century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn her review of \u003cem\u003eThe Tower\u003c\/em\u003e, Virginia Woolf says Yeats has \"never written more exactly and more passionately.\" One might imagine she'd conclude the same here. You can't fault these poems for lacking passion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYeats used to talk to ghosts. His wife would let ghosts talk through her. They would talk to Yeats, and he would write down what they say. Another way you could put it is that Yeats talked to his wife. Ghosts are much closer than you think. They like to live in books. So Legault spent some time talking to Yeats's ghost. Or, Yeats's ghost talked to him. This is him talking back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600510402796,"sku":"9781552454114","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6c951f9f04494c4f7609056e573f5e5c.jpg?v=1778020239"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/paul-legault.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}