{"product_id":"no-sign-by-peter-balakian-9780226784076","title":"No Sign","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNew poetry collection from Peter Balakian, author of \u003ci\u003eOzone Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e  \n\nIn these poems, Peter Balakian wrestles with national and global cultural and political realities, including challenges for the human species amid planetary transmutation and the impact of mass violence on the self and culture. At the collection’s heart is \u003cem\u003eNo Sign\u003c\/em\u003e, another in Balakian’s series of long-form poems, following “A-Train\/Ziggurat\/Elegy” and \u003ci\u003eOzone Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared in his previous two collections.  \n\nIn this dialogical multi-sectioned poem, an estranged couple encounters each other, after years, on the cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades. The dialogue that ensues reveals the evolution of a kaleidoscopic memory spanning decades, reflecting on the geological history of Earth and the climate crisis, the film \u003ci\u003eHiroshima Mon Amour\u003c\/i\u003e, the Vietnam War, a visionary encounter with the George Washington Bridge, and the enduring power of love.  \n\nWhether meditating on the sensuality of fruits and vegetables, the COVID-19 pandemic, the trauma and memory of the Armenian genocide, James Baldwin in France, or Arshile Gorky in New York City, Balakian’s layered, elliptical language, wired phrases, and shifting tempos engage both life’s harshness and beauty and define his inventive and distinctive style.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463942521068,"sku":"9780226784076","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226784076-no-sign.jpg?v=1775037055","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/no-sign-by-peter-balakian-9780226784076","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}