{"product_id":"9781446412268","title":"The Asylum Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucid, tender, and strangely troubling, the poems in \u003ci\u003eThe Asylum Dance\u003c\/i\u003e - which won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry - are hymns to the tension between the sanctuary of home and the lure of escape. This is territory that Burnside has made his own: a domestic world threaded through with myth and longing, beyond which lies a no man's land - the 'somewhere in between' - of dusk or dawn, of mists or sudden light, where the epiphanies are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the framework of four long poems, 'Ports', 'Settlements', 'Fields' and 'Roads', the poet balances presence with absence; we are shown the homing instinct - felt in the blood and marrow - as a pull to refuge, simplicity, and a safe haven, while at the same time hearing the siren call from the world beyond: the thrilling expectancy of fairground or dancehall, the possibilities of the open road. With a confident open line and complete command of the language, John Burnside writes with grace, agility and profound philosophical purpose, confirming his position in the front rank of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128245240048,"sku":"9781446412268","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781446412268_p0.jpg?v=1763816851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781446412268","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}