{"product_id":"a-map-of-love-by-m-wynn-thomas-9781915279439","title":"A Map of Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of Welsh love poems across history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn exhilarating look at the many ways we love and are loved. Following his bestselling \u003cem\u003eThe History of Wales in Twelve Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, M Wynn Thomas turns his attention to love poems from Wales and reflects on what they have to say on the age-old subject of love in its many and varied forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing twelve pieces dating from the 14th century to the present, \u003cem\u003eA Map of Love\u003c\/em\u003e deliberately rejects clichéd verses with its poems of regret and of mourning, straight love and gay love, bawdy verses of passion and desire, and gentle meditations on motherhood and marriage. It features anonymous and lesser-known writers as well as household names such as Gillian Clarke and R. S. Thomas, and it includes a previously unpublished poem by Emyr Humphreys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith original illustrations by Ruth Jên Evans throughout, this short but powerful collection will appeal to anyone interested in people and their complex relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595667063020,"sku":"9781915279439","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781915279439-a-map-of-love.jpg?v=1777899989","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-map-of-love-by-m-wynn-thomas-9781915279439","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}