{"title":"Peter Balakian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter Balakian\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a profound exploration of memory, identity, and history through works that blend lyrical storytelling with deep cultural insight. His books often navigate the complexities of personal and collective pasts, illuminating hidden narratives within the arts and culture sphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect evocative prose that challenges and enriches, inviting reflection on themes of loss, resilience, and the enduring power of remembrance. Balakian’s writing resonates with those drawn to thoughtful, richly textured literature grounded in both the personal and the historical.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"new-york-trilogy-by-peter-balakian-9780226843742","title":"New York Trilogy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn American long poem in three sections by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and explosive parts of the Middle East.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn an inventive, elliptical language, \u003cem\u003eNew York Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e explores one man's journey from the late 1960s to the twenty-first century, as he moves through a series of experiences centered in New York City and the surrounding New Jersey Palisades. Throughout this long poem in three parts, the protagonist's life is impacted by historical events including the Armenian Genocide, the bombing of Hiroshima, the Vietnam War, the AIDS epidemic, the attacks of September 11th, the US war in Iraq, and the climate crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eComprised of three multi-sequence poems originally included in Peter Balakian's collections \u003cem\u003eNo Sign\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOzone Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eZiggurat\u003c\/em\u003e, the sections of \u003cem\u003eNew York Trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e come together to form a poetry that embraces interior and aesthetic experiences, celebrates human intimacy, and bears witness to history. The historical power and psychological depth of Balakian's work expands on the tradition of the American long poem with a lyrical narrative that weaves intimate personal moments into the vastness of shared history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871422861548,"sku":"9780226843742","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20665703482268.jpg?v=1759880003"},{"product_id":"no-sign-by-peter-balakian-9780226784076","title":"No Sign","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew poetry collection from Peter Balakian, author of \u003ci\u003eOzone Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e  \n\nIn these poems, Peter Balakian wrestles with national and global cultural and political realities, including challenges for the human species amid planetary transmutation and the impact of mass violence on the self and culture. At the collection’s heart is \u003cem\u003eNo Sign\u003c\/em\u003e, another in Balakian’s series of long-form poems, following “A-Train\/Ziggurat\/Elegy” and \u003ci\u003eOzone Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared in his previous two collections.  \n\nIn this dialogical multi-sectioned poem, an estranged couple encounters each other, after years, on the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades. The dialogue that ensues reveals the evolution of a kaleidoscopic memory spanning decades, reflecting on the geological history of Earth and the climate crisis, the film \u003ci\u003eHiroshima Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e, the Vietnam War, a visionary encounter with the George Washington Bridge, and the enduring power of love.  \n\nWhether meditating on the sensuality of fruits and vegetables, the COVID-19 pandemic, the trauma and memory of the Armenian genocide, James Baldwin in France, or Arshile Gorky in New York City, Balakian’s layered, elliptical language, wired phrases, and shifting tempos engage both life’s harshness and beauty and define his inventive and distinctive style.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463942521068,"sku":"9780226784076","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226784076-no-sign.jpg?v=1775037055"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/peter-balakian.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}