{"product_id":"tree-spirits-grass-spirits-by-hiromi-ito-9781643621920","title":"Tree Spirits Grass Spirits","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito – part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten between April 2012 and November 2013, \u003ci\u003eTree Spirits Grass Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e adopts a non-linear narrative flow that mimics the growth of plants, and can be read as a companion piece to Ito's beloved poem \u003ci\u003eWild Grass on the Riverbank\u003c\/i\u003e. Rather than the vertiginously violent poetics of the latter, \u003ci\u003eTree Spirits Grass Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e serves as what we might call a phyto-autobiography: a recounting of one's life through the logic of flora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIto's graciously potent and philosophical prose examines immigration, language, gender, care work and death, all through her close (indeed, at times obsessive) attention to plant life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487724781804,"sku":"9781643621920","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ad9102554b4ebef2fe49ad2ec3181c0f.jpg?v=1775769881","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/tree-spirits-grass-spirits-by-hiromi-ito-9781643621920","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}