{"product_id":"9781448114658","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver seventeen years and nine collections, John Burnside has built - in the words of Bernard O'Donoghue - 'a poetic corpus of the first significance', a poetry of luminous, limpid grace. His territory is the no-man's-land of threshold and margin, the charmed half-light of the liminal, a domestic world threaded through with mystery, myth and longing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e we can see themes emerge and develop within the growing confidence of Burnside's sinuous lyric poise: the place of the individual in the world, the idea of dwelling, of \u003ci\u003ehome\u003c\/i\u003e, within that community, and the lure of absence and escape set against the possibilities of renewal and continuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is consummate, immaculate work born out of a lean and agile craftsmanship, profound philosophical thought and a haunted, haunting imagination; the result is a poetry that makes intimate, resonant, exquisite music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140281811184,"sku":"9781448114658","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448114658_p0.jpg?v=1763826188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448114658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}