{"product_id":"absence-by-ali-lewis-9781739440503","title":"Absence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbsence\u003c\/em\u003e, the third title in CHEERIO's acclaimed poetry series, is a book about nothing. Or nothings: losses, vacua, gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the desolation at the heat-death of the universe to the impassable distance between two people talking, and from the trust exercise of walking in darkness to experiments on the vacuum, \u003cem\u003eAbsence\u003c\/em\u003e searches for what's missing and what we never had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with the problem of how to represent that which isn't there, and ending with the end of love, \u003cem\u003eAbsence\u003c\/em\u003e takes in the ache for a vanished god, the permanently delayed doomsday of millenarian cults, and the overflowing life inside our seemingly empty buckets and stomachs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAli Lewis's poems mirror, undermine, reframe and rephrase each other in a voice that feels as precise and scientific as it is playful and warm. \u003cem\u003eAbsence\u003c\/em\u003e is both intricate and ambitious, comic and tragic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a book of restless curiosity and revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Deft, ingenious, funny and metaphysically gymnastic. What an absolute gift it is.' — Abigail Parry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'I love this. Ali Lewis's poems have an unparaphrasable quality, as if they're not read but inhaled, like a clear vapour which leaves you giddy, tranquil and troubled all at once. Read it, you'll see what I mean.' — Caroline Bird\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485741072620,"sku":"9781739440503","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781739440503-absence.jpg?v=1775714154","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/absence-by-ali-lewis-9781739440503","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}