{"product_id":"9781466880436","title":"Midsummer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this sequence of fifty-four were written to encompass one year, from summer to summer. Their principal themes are the stasis, both stultifying and provocative, of midsummer in the tropics; the pull of the sea, family, and friendship on one whose cricumstances lead to separation; the relationship of poetry to painting; and the place of a poet between two cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalcott records, with his distinctive linguistic blend of soaring imagery and plainly stated facts, the experience of a mid-lief period--in reality and in memory or the imagination. As Louis Simpson wrote on the publication of Wacott's \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunate Traveller, \u003c\/i\u003e\"Walcott is a spellbinder. Of how many poets can it be said that their poems are compelling--not a mere stringing together of images and ideas but language that delights in itself, rhythms that seem spontaneous, scenes that are vividly there?...The poet who can write like this is a master.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175427719408,"sku":"9781466880436","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466880436_p0.jpg?v=1769892178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466880436","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}