{"title":"Vidyan Ravinthiran","description":"\u003cp\u003eVidyan Ravinthiran’s works explore the intersections of memory, identity, and cultural heritage with a poetic sensibility. Readers can expect a thoughtful blend of introspection and vivid imagery that delves into personal and collective histories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the realm of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, these books offer a rich tapestry of narrative depth and lyrical reflection, inviting contemplation on the nuances of human experience and artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"avidya-by-vidyan-ravinthiran-9781780377391","title":"Avidya","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoint Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2025\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this collection emerged from journeys of great personal significance, and out of a migrant sensibility tied to three different countries: Sri Lanka, the UK, and the USA. Sensuous, droll, yearning, they consider otherwise forgotten (ignored, repressed, erased) events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, Vidyan Ravinthiran travelled to the north of Sri Lanka where his parents grew up—it finally felt safe—visiting war-torn Tamil areas overwritten by a tourist focus on the sun-spoiled South. In 2020, he, his wife, and their one-year-old moved from Britain to the United States, months before the pandemic hit and the travel ban separated them for almost two years from family overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvidya\u003c\/em\u003e is a political and a spiritual collection, whose multiple poetic forms, open and closed, are shaped by myth and philosophy, and by Sri Lankan as well as global crises. It is also a book about the forms of both strength and fear that parents pass on to their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470065647852,"sku":"9781780377391","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780377391-avidya.jpg?v=1775211024"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/vidyan-ravinthiran.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}