{"title":"Sarah Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Day\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts vivid narratives that blend elements of \u003cem\u003ehistorical fiction\u003c\/em\u003e with a deep appreciation for the arts and culture. Her works, such as \u003cem\u003eNight Climbing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTempo\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into richly textured worlds where past and present intertwine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer poetry collections, including \u003cem\u003eTowards Light \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, offer lyrical explorations of memory, place, and creativity, revealing a distinctive voice that resonates with both emotional depth and cultural insight.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"night-climbing-by-sarah-day-9781915643124","title":"Night Climbing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Sylvia's son, Cyril, vanishes during a perilous school trek in the German mountains, her world crumbles. A pre-trip postcard from Cyril hints that his teacher—now lauded for his rescue efforts—knew more about the stormy conditions than he has admitted. Sylvia shifts from frantic mother to justice seeker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile in Hofsgrund, a German mountain village, Nazi flags and Hitler Youth parades are rapidly appearing, and Hilde senses life's irreversible change. The English schoolboys' rescue shakes the community, sparking political strife. Neighbour turns on neighbour, endangering Hilde and Sylvia's quest for Cyril.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Climbing\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds against this turbulent backdrop, intertwining personal and political tensions, as Sylvia seeks the truth in a world teetering on the edge of chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362933620972,"sku":"9781915643124","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1013943482870.jpg?v=1772904037"},{"product_id":"tempo-by-sarah-day-9781922186379","title":"Tempo","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime and motion are undercurrents in these new poems by Sarah Day. Her subjects encompass the commonplace in the Australian landscape: the remnant beak of a raven, tree shadows in urban streets, industrial cranes and mowing-machines, as well as the exotic or peculiar: the world seed bank in Norway, artefacts in Pompeii, Graeco-Egyptian funeral portraits, the landscape paintings of John Glover, the Earth as seen from elsewhere in the Milky Way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems, individually and collectively, invite questions about the enigmatic nature of past, present and future. \u003cem\u003eTempo\u003c\/em\u003e showcases Sarah Day's imagination in exuberant bloom. Her poems are philosophical, lustrous and deserving of wide praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"These masterly poems follow 'the traffic of ideas from the known world', travelling along cultural trajectories—from the ancient waters of Mareotis to the glimmering port of Hobart—to arrive at a 'radiant in-pouring' of dawn: 'a casual, brilliant right of entry'.\" — Bronwyn Lea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428176019692,"sku":"9781922186379","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922186379.jpg?v=1774767022"},{"product_id":"towards-light-other-poems-by-sarah-day-9781925780024","title":"Towards Light \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo the vanishing point where light will expand\/where light wants the eye to go.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLight, as a physical and metaphorical entity, recurs in many of the poems in this new collection by Sarah Day. Light makes its presence felt in these poems as a source of illumination and grace; it is also the means by which the flaws and discrepancies of the present and past are highlighted:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sarah Day is a poet of wonderful attentiveness. She notices everything, persuading us, as readers, that she has seen and heard the living world truly. Wherever she stands, she gives lyrical utterance in \u003cem\u003eTowards Light\u003c\/em\u003e to our fresh, daily life, vibrant in its perpetuity.' - Christopher Wallace-Crabbe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Sarah Day's eighth collection of poetry, \u003cem\u003eTowards Light and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, achieves a sustained and generous weaving of lyrical intensity with moral engagement. Balanced, focused, elegantly executed, this book shows Day at her best.' - Judith Beveridge, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e - Books of the Year 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600882843884,"sku":"9781925780024","price":57.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781925780024-towards-light-other-poems.jpg?v=1777992887"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sarah-day.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}