{"product_id":"9781555975869","title":"Come and See","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"We cannot do without Fanny Howe.\" —Ange Mlinko, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere a gun might go off, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere perhaps a broom would brush away the sticks of spring. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was not your fault where you were dropped \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr where you took your first steps. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—from \"After Watching Klimov's \u003ci\u003eAgoniya\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn Fanny Howe's latest collection of poems, she beckons us toward the origins of both our collective knowing and our misperception. These poems move from one country to another and from one archetypal position—parent, grandparent, child—to another in the wake of the twentieth century. Certain movies provide an almost religious resolution to questions and experiences. \"I don't blame the children for anything,\" Howe writes in one poem. \"Their century is like a director who prefers his script to his actors.\" With startling revelation and lyrical power, \u003ci\u003eCome and See \u003c\/i\u003eurges us to observe the world anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040358220016,"sku":"9781555975869","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555975869_p0.jpg?v=1763755291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555975869","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}