{"product_id":"9780856463648","title":"Dancers in Daylight","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIn the title poem, set in Rome, a chance meeting with the dying Rudolf Nureyev strikes the poet, himself a dancer, as hallucinatory. Along with the poems prompted by his mother's death, it is one of several unsettling poems in this collection.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet a celebratory strain runs through the book, providing a counter-balance: there are poems which celebrate active life, vigorous sexuality, and the subtle steps of the tango. The result is a characteristically robust and varied collection which continues the vein of subtle dandyism for which Howell is renowned.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnthony Howell was born in 1945. A former dancer with the Royal Ballet and subsequently a performance artist - he founded the Theatre of Mistakes during the 1970s - he has always been as active in literature as he has in movement. Anvil published his \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e in 2000.","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008607699184,"sku":"9780856463648","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780856463648_p0.jpg?v=1763827026","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780856463648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}