{"product_id":"world-by-ana-luisa-amaral-9780811234832","title":"World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e - Ana Luísa Amaral's second collection with New Directions - offers a new exhilarating set of poems that convey wonder, bemusement, and an ever-deepening appreciation of life. Weaving the thread that connects the poem to life, \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e speaks of our immense human perplexity in the face of everything around us and our oneness with it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Amaral notes, all of us, \"humans and non-humans, are on the same ontological level, the differences being only a matter of perspective. We are all made of the same stuff as dreams—and stars.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAsked about her thoughts on \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e, Amaral's peerless translator Margaret Jull Costa replied: \"What I take from this collection of poems is a sense of joy in the ordinary—seeing an ant going about its business, or a bee or a fish, or the feeling of sharing a whole history with a particular table, or watching a very ordinary woman sitting on a train playing with the handle of her handbag. \u003cem\u003eWorld\u003c\/em\u003e also brings us meditations on colonisation, slavery, and whaling. Like the world, it is full of surprises and full of joy and sadness.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese vibrant, exultant poems invite you to share this marvellous world: \u003cem\u003eYes, all you need (how easy!) is to say yes\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461791662316,"sku":"9780811234832","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780811234832-world.jpg?v=1774977751","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/world-by-ana-luisa-amaral-9780811234832","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}