{"product_id":"glass-flowers-by-diane-fahey-9781922571137","title":"Glass Flowers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGlass Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e, Diane Fahey explores many kinds of space—the enclosed spaces of rooms, art galleries, hospital wards, prehistoric caves, the airy, flowing spaces of gardens, and the sky's infinite life. Her intense engagement with the natural world moves in new directions, 'as we approach the summer years'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile some poems convey the freedom of the present moment—imaged by the long glide of a kelp gull, 'a yielding, shaping gesture'—others invoke the uncanny, as in \u003ci\u003eUnearthly\u003c\/i\u003e where clouds at sunset, photographed from a space station, send out into space \u003ci\u003ethousand-mile shadows \/ cutting through that cold radiance, \/ probing the void.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFahey also directs her gaze at various kinds of creativity—in particular, paintings that explore the inner life of rooms, and self-portraits built from \u003ci\u003ecoils and surges of \/ colour incarnate\u003c\/i\u003e. The title sequence, based on paintings inspired by the \u003ci\u003eGlass Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, combines a far-reaching imaginative ambit with an accent of contemplative calm:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd the long stems\u003cbr\u003eseemingly\u003cbr\u003elit from within -\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ethey too know the touch\u003cbr\u003eof sky-shine, the quixotic\u003cbr\u003elife of clouds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet's call it\u003cbr\u003ethe provisional sublime.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, \u003ci\u003eA Death in Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequence on the life and death of Leo Semanpillai, a Tamil refugee to Australia, brings forward a tragic narrative of oppression endured to the furthest limit of courage and hope, one that is emblematic of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430805422316,"sku":"9781922571137","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781922571137.jpg?v=1774558527","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/glass-flowers-by-diane-fahey-9781922571137","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}