{"product_id":"exit-opera-by-kim-addonizio-9781324078937","title":"Exit Opera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, \u003cem\u003eExit Opera\u003c\/em\u003e explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love, and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject—jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers—these poems make for a compelling mix of humour and pain, difficulty and solace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travellers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to \"\u003cem\u003einscribe a few verses on whatever water you can find\u003c\/em\u003e\" and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in \"\u003cem\u003eMy Opera\u003c\/em\u003e\":\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe staging is difficult. Exploding stars\u003cbr\u003e are involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers,\u003cbr\u003e a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containing\u003cbr\u003e a tiny ocean \u0026amp; a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swells\u003cbr\u003e that I am steering toward you in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470573388012,"sku":"9781324078937","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324078937-exit-opera.jpg?v=1775221811","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/exit-opera-by-kim-addonizio-9781324078937","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}