{"title":"Phyllis Perlstone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhyllis Perlstone\u003c\/strong\u003e offers deeply reflective works that explore the intersections of memory, identity, and emotion. Her writing is characterised by a vivid poetic sensibility that invites readers to engage intimately with themes of personal and artistic discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Perlstone’s books like \u003cem\u003eBut Now\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Bruise of Knowing\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate the subtleties of human experience with a quiet intensity, making her collection a compelling choice for readers drawn to contemplative and lyrical narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-bruise-of-knowing-by-phyllis-perlstone-9781925780161","title":"The Bruise of Knowing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an important and timely book from a mature, perspicacious voice. Phyllis Perlstone shows us a Monash behind the image on the $100 banknote: the engineer, innovator, man-about-town, husband, father, warrior, tactician; his love affairs and vanities; the prejudice he encounters and regards as \u003cem\u003e'strange dislike'\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMonash's life and Australia's times start up from within the lines of poetry, dealing with brilliant but conflicted events and ideals. The poems move back and forth in time to regard the past and its values with a present perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerlstone's impartial authorial eye and her distinctive sprung language make this work of culture, history, and biography fresh, complex, and meaningful. A triumph of a book: singularly light of touch, concrete in its descriptions, and a humane treatise on ambition, xenophobia, modern engineering, and the new warfare.\u003c\/strong\u003e - Anna Kerdijk Nicholson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384020812012,"sku":"9781925780161","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925780161.jpg?v=1773396459"},{"product_id":"but-now-by-phyllis-perlstone-9781922571434","title":"But Now","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut Now\u003c\/i\u003e is Phyllis Perlstone's artistic statement of intent. In this book, Perlstone employs her characteristic fractured syntax and extraordinary visual focus, leaving you 'dizzy with seeing'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnusually, though, she allows us to draw near her, in her present and her past, as she makes a personal and political reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'what is familial   quietly\u003cbr\u003equivers in art\u003cbr\u003etime stalls'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efrom 'Numb' - Anna Kerdijk Nicholson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47423902515436,"sku":"9781922571434","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922571434.jpg?v=1774769679"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/phyllis-perlstone.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}