{"product_id":"cube-root-of-book-by-paul-magee-9780977578719","title":"Cube Root of Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead this sequence through from page one, or start at any point and let its circles widen, or perhaps go to the lovely, light-syllabled final lyric and discover interesting ways back. The poems themselves breach back and forth to form a questing autobiography of precipitate adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey breathe into this, for perspective, the author's fascination with some of the world's outer and inner mazes: art, media, brain dysfunction, political dysfunction, Russia. Each chapter includes Paul Magee's translation from one of the Latin poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's symmetries and its title portend no arcane numerology. But they do make a point about necessity. The poems well up from roots; they are caught and crafted, as anyone will know who speaks them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCube Root of Book\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted for the Innovation Award at the 2008 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430354501868,"sku":"9780977578719","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780977578719.jpg?v=1774559116","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cube-root-of-book-by-paul-magee-9780977578719","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}