{"product_id":"9781845232191-the-butterfly-hotel","title":"The Butterfly Hotel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e recently came to the attention of UK audiences in the Bloodaxe anthology \u003cem\u003eTen\u003c\/em\u003e, hailed by Carol Ann Duffy as \"a joyful and important moment in publishing\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Butterfly Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e is his first full collection of poetry, a telling document of the immigrant experience, from the 1980s to the present day, and the realities of uprooted culture. Butterflies hold a symbolic importance throughout, fragile yet ideal, adapting to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and performer who lives in London. His one-man shows are \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Boxer, Letter from My Father's Brother\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eProhibition\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which premiered at the British Festival of Visual Theatre at Battersea Arts Centre. He has received writing commissions from Stratford Theatre Royal East, the National Trust, the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate. His poetry has appeared in the Flipped Eye pamphlets \u003cem\u003eSuitcase \u003c\/em\u003e(2005; ISBN 9780954224776) and\u003cem\u003e Suckle\u003c\/em\u003e (2009; ISBN 9781905233212), the latter winning the Peoples Book Prize, and in the Bloodaxe anthology \u003cem\u003eTen\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Bernardine Evaristo and Daljit Nagra (2010; ISBN 9781852248796).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449950286198,"sku":"9781845232191","price":8.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27132745.jpg?v=1760446946","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781845232191-the-butterfly-hotel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}