{"product_id":"9781409016205","title":"Life is a Dream: 40 Years Reading Poems 1967-2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamous for his electrifying poetry readings, Paul Durcan marks four decades of composing silently and reciting aloud with this magnificent collection, which brings together for the first time the critically acclaimed poet's own choice of his work from his first book, \u003ci\u003eEndsville\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), to \u003ci\u003eThe Laughter of Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). \u003ci\u003eLife is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e represents the whole range of Durcan's writing - funny and subversive verse narratives and self-mocking poems of underachievement; poems celebrating love and sex or the lives of famous writers and artists; as well as tender, poignant verses commemorating the dead. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his long career, Durcan has continued to make passionate and moving poetry out of his own and his country's misfortunes. He is by turns a surrealist, a mystic, an Irish comedian with perfect comic timing and an angry champion of the oppressed. \u003ci\u003eLife is a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e reaffirms the constant vision and artistic integrity of one of the most powerful, humane and original voices in modern poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138091499760,"sku":"9781409016205","price":23.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781409016205_p0.jpg?v=1763720258","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781409016205","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}