{"product_id":"limited-cities-by-lachlan-brown-9781920882938","title":"Limited Cities","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLimited Cities\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection that captures the peculiarities of place, zeroing in on the city and its outlying suburbs, with vast housing estates, shopping malls, and highways. Picture a landscape 'where silent graffiti haunts the midday breeze where spring rain cuts through the sun and a rottweiler sleeps outside the doors of the supermarket'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese Australian scenes form a tapestry set against their various European counterparts. The collection includes rhapsodies on the Parisian banlieues during Advent and Lent, a series of Venetian 'postcards', and list-poems set in Barcelona. Each poem offers a clear and remarkable depiction of the suburban landscape, discovering grace in often overlooked or derided elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLachlan Brown, the author, was shortlisted for the Blake Poetry Prize and is a recipient of a Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship. He also teaches literature at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362782298348,"sku":"9781920882938","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/25326293482871.jpg?v=1772900751","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/limited-cities-by-lachlan-brown-9781920882938","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}