{"product_id":"syrena-in-space-by-banah-el-ghadbanah-9781950539444","title":"Syrena in Space","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Dzanc Diverse Voices Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLA SYRENA. For me home is in the water. When I go to the sea I want to swim forever and never look back. But I know I would die and the earth needs me on shore.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy home is Syria and Syria for me is like the sea. I want nothing more than to jump in and swim around forever. In Syria I am declared wanted, like so many of us displaced lunar divas. The longing I feel is the deepest kind. It could crack the whole earth open. I am a Lumerian from Ancient Sumeria, a southern space creature in a northern world, LA SYRNENA, zhe is my destiny.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, each poem flows like water on the page. The author weaves in stories, mantras, revolutionary messages, the movement of Arabic letters, the memory of Sumerian cuneiform. This book is a hybrid creature between poem-story-form that crosses genres like it crosses dimensions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this work, you are the mermaid. You are the forever migrant, a traveller between the oceanic and the extraterrestrial, across continents and planets. You are a time traveller, and you speak many languages. You are \u003cem\u003eLA SYRENA\u003c\/em\u003e, conjuring your own space to feel free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471658729708,"sku":"9781950539444","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781950539444-syrena-in-space.jpg?v=1775249072","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/syrena-in-space-by-banah-el-ghadbanah-9781950539444","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}