{"product_id":"9781409015987","title":"The Hunt in the Forest","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaking its title from Uccello's famous painting of a band of men - on foot and on horseback - massing for the chase, John Burnside's new poems take us on a journey out of the light and into the darkness, where we may just as easily lose ourselves as find what we are looking for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these poems of hunting and predation, Burnside explores our most deep-rooted and primeval pursuits: romantic love, memory, selfhood, grief, the recollection of the dead. Yet just as we seek, so are we sought out: at any moment we may slide into loss or be gathered in by some otherworldly light; at any moment, the angel of the annunciation may seek us out and demand some astonishing transformation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven in the pursuit of love, or in the exercise of memory, we fall into snares and become entangled in veils; just as we are always on the point of discovery, so we are always a hair's-breadth away from being lost. Concerned with love and mourning, with what we discover and what remains hidden - with learning how to follow the trail through the forest and find the way home - above all, these poems are about the quest: knowing that whatever we bring back from the hunt, it is always hard-won and never fully our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this extraordinary collection of fleet and deftly beautiful poems, John Burnside confirms his place at the forefront of writing, as one of a handful of truly important British poets working today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137957183728,"sku":"9781409015987","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409015987_p0.jpg?v=1763721918","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409015987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}