{"product_id":"9780571338221-the-fall-at-home","title":"The Fall at Home","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew and Collected Aphorisms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAphorisms have been described as 'the obscure hinterland between poetry and prose' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - short pithy statements that capture the essence of the human condition in all its shades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAphorisms have been described as 'the obscure hinterland between poetry and prose' (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - short pithy statements that capture the essence of the human condition in all its shades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eNew and Selected\u003c\/i\u003e, master of the form Don Paterson brings the best examples from his two previous volumes together with ingenious new material relevant to today's world. Moving and mischievous, canny and profound - these wide-ranging observations of no more than one or two lines demonstrate that the aphorism is the perfect form for our times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e    Consciousness is the turn the universe makes to hasten its own end.\u003cbr\u003e    *  \u003cbr\u003e    Agnosticism is indulged only by those who have never suffered belief.\u003cbr\u003e    *\u003cbr\u003e    Poet: someone in the aphorism business for the money.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536529629558,"sku":"9780571338221","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36388560.jpg?v=1774289151","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571338221-the-fall-at-home","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}