{"title":"Toby Martinez de las Rivas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToby Martinez de las Rivas\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts evocative narratives that delve into the depths of human emotion and artistic expression. With a keen eye for detail and a poetic sensibility, their works such as \u003cem\u003eBlack Sun\u003c\/em\u003e invite readers to explore the intricate intersections of light and shadow, both literally and metaphorically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn collections like \u003cem\u003eFloodmeadow\u003c\/em\u003e, Martinez de las Rivas navigates landscapes of memory and culture, offering profound insights into the creative soul. These books are essential for readers drawn to thoughtful explorations within the realm of \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"black-sun-by-toby-martinez-de-las-rivas-9780571333790","title":"Black Sun","description":"The new collection from Toby Martinez de las Rivas.","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462651625708,"sku":"9780571333790","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780571333790-black-sun.jpg?v=1775019935"},{"product_id":"floodmeadow-by-toby-martinez-de-las-rivas-9780571376438","title":"Floodmeadow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFloodmeadow\u003c\/em\u003e draws us into a seething pastoral where lightning threatens and thunder gathers, pylons and powerlines hum, and steel-framed gates sing out into the wind. In these incantatory pieces, everything is present at once. The landscape, teetering on apocalypse, is characterised by collision and disintegration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong fragments of memory and history are meticulously journaled observations of the natural world: the moorhen who 'with exaggerated delicacy steps \/ free of the reedbeds'; the dragonfly that 'pushes itself through the armour \/ of its body' to be born. The world is populated by archangels and wild gods, the roar of military aircraft, hunting dogs caught permanently suspended in the chase and a car that veers from the road into the floodwater in which the whole collection is saturated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHuman relations are fleeting and vulnerable, appearing in the impression of a wedding or the recurring moments captured between a father and son, who make between them delicate balsawood constructions, which—as the poems do themselves—take flight in the turmoil, ecstatic one moment, plunged into darkness the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a visionary collection that invokes other times, dimensions and soundscapes to tell out some word of beauty and abundance in the here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596418597100,"sku":"9780571376438","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/814958d11068827a82e9991b4a560910.jpg?v=1777936502"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/toby-martinez-de-las-rivas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}