{"product_id":"9781916293908-poetry-prose","title":"Poetry \u0026 Prose","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo pieces of work. One is a long poem about love, loss, the human condition against the landscapes of Catalonia. The other is a story about a man finding redemption as he wanders through the Catalan countryside. \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry \u0026amp; Pose \u003c\/em\u003eis the first time Jordi Llavina's work has been translated into English and published.  The book is a collection of two of his most important and popular pieces of work: \u003cem\u003eThe Hermitage\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Pomegranate.\u003c\/em\u003e  In both, Jordi Llavina evokes the sights, sounds and smells of the Mediterranean landscape while weaving together themes of singular poetic beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hermitage\u003c\/em\u003e, a long poem\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof more than 1400 lines, tells of the author's physical and metaphysical journey up a hill in southern Catalonia to visit a hermitage. Llavina touches on many themes in this poem, including love, death, family, loss, hope and memories. In 2019, Jordi Llavina was awarded the prestigious \u003cem\u003eLletra d'Or \u003c\/em\u003eprize for this poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe second piece of work in the collection is \u003cem\u003eThe Pomegranate\u003c\/em\u003e. Again written about a journey, \u003cem\u003eThe Pomegranate\u003c\/em\u003e is a mix of both poetry and prose and tells the story of a grieving wanderer through the Catalan countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40946161483873,"sku":"9781916293908","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_9302559_jpg.jpg?v=1709193228","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781916293908-poetry-prose","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}