{"product_id":"9781915968098-littoral","title":"Littoral","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new poetry pamphlet by Nicholas Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘bleak and blasty’ sands of Crosby Beach provide the stage for a cast of mysterious and sometimes sinister figures: scavengers and shrimpers, raucous boys, a lonely priest and a disillusioned soldier, with the steely waters of the Mersey, passing ships, and the play of sunlight on distant hills an ever-restless backdrop. In these vivid dramas Nicholas Murray reveals to us the bitter sweetness of departure and return to a place known with the intense intimacy of childhood, and weighs the ‘loss and gain\/ that exile forces.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Nicholas Murray’s work:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A real treat . an elemental menagerie in which the poet’s own delight through verbal magic becomes ours.’ \u003cbr\u003eChristopher Reid, on Of Earth, Water, Air and Fire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The poems have an emotional intelligence, a wit, I really admire.’\u003cbr\u003eMichèle Roberts, on City Lights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53558502523254,"sku":"9781915968098","price":7.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31059839.jpg?v=1730377958","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915968098-littoral","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}