{"product_id":"the-curious-thing-by-sandra-lim-9781324066187","title":"The Curious Thing","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTruthful, sensuous, and intellectually relentless, the poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Curious Thing\u003c\/em\u003e are compelling meditations on love, art making, solitude, female fate, and both the mundane and serious principles of life. Sandra Lim's poetry displays stinging wit and a tough-minded approach to her own experiences: She speaks with Jean Rhys about beauty, encounters the dark loneliness that can exist inside a relationship, and discovers a coiled anger on a hot summer day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn extended poem sequence slyly revolves the meanings of finding oneself astray in midlife. A steely strength courses through the volume's myriad discoveries—Lim's lucidity and tenderness form a striking complement to her remarkable metaphors and the emotional clamor of her material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnimated by a sense of reckoning and a piercing inwardness, these anti-sentimental poems nevertheless celebrate the passionate and empathetic subjective life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432859320556,"sku":"9781324066187","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781324066187.jpg?v=1774766249","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-curious-thing-by-sandra-lim-9781324066187","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}