{"product_id":"9781566637749-invasions","title":"Invasions","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Poems\u003cbr\u003eIn his second collection of poems, Adam Kirsch examines the world we live in now, a world in which the dangers of history have invaded the pleasures of private life. His connected poems use traditional forms to create a free, contemporary music amidst the omens of the post-September 11 world. Mr. Kirsch is at home with all the strange juxtapositions of our culture: he can celebrate \"the paradisal sighs\" of Jane Birkin and still hear the \"angelic harmonies\" of Handel's Messiah; he can observe military jets trailing \"stripes of smoke\" and find the quiet of a synagogue in Queens. Invasions is a moving and highly personal collection, Mr. Kirsch's exploration of what he calls, with fear and hope, \"the magically real.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55179745132918,"sku":"9781566637749","price":13.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27326280.jpg?v=1737606914","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781566637749-invasions","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}