{"product_id":"9780062364722","title":"The Life of Images: Selected Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of new and selected essays by the Pulitzer Prize–winner and former Poet Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being one of America’s most famous and commended poets, Charles Simic is a prolific and talented essayist. \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Images\u003c\/em\u003e brings together his best prose work written over twenty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA blend of the straightforward, the wry, and the hopeful, the essays in \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Images\u003c\/em\u003e explore subjects ranging from literary criticism to philosophy, photography to Simic’s childhood in a war-torn country. Culled from five collections, each work demonstrates the qualities that make Simic’s poetry so brilliant yet accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether he is revealing the influence of literature on his childhood development, pondering the relationship between food and comfort, or elegizing the pull to return to a homeland that no longer exists, the legendary poet shares his distinctive take on the world and offers an intimate look into his remarkable mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078722863344,"sku":"9780062364722","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062364722_p0.jpg?v=1763630901","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062364722","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}