{"product_id":"9781632100252","title":"Thousand Cricket Song: Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe keen eye of compassion in each detail, the steady touch of its cadence in each unfolding line. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOlga Broumas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eRave: Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is a perfect, clean and delicate (powerful and often terrifying) work of art. In its simplicity lies profound emotion, both beautiful and laden with sadness. These masterful slim poems speak with discipline and exquisite fervor. Catherine Strisik is a new voice already in full bloom. This is a very moving portrait of a land, its people, and the universal human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Nichols\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Milagro Beanfield War\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Strisik's poetry engages me on every level. The poems, clear and articulate, exhibit an ability to instinctively peer through the many layers of Cambodian culture to its essence. As a Cambodian myself, I am moved by Strisik's empathy and understanding, and feel that I am with her as she observes Cambodia and Cambodians. At the same time I have a sense that I am looking back at her journey through the window of reality, recognizing her as compatriot and companion in our journey together. Her intimacy in many of the poems is genuine and earned, balanced by wide, sweeping poems that give a sense of the vast continuum that is Cambodia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eU Sam Oeur\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eSacred Vows \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eCrossing Three Wildernesses \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy Strisik's \u003cem\u003eThousand-Cricket Song\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of insight, deep feeling, and vibrancy, rendering Cambodia's \"mottled beauty\" with compassion, outrage, lush sensory detail-the whirring of the cicadas in the Mekong night, the grace of the apsara and her timeless dance, \"the torsos hooked \/ to braided ropes\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoy Jacobstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eFuchsia in Cambodia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plain View Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032156422384,"sku":"9781632100252","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781632100252_p0.jpg?v=1763673645","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781632100252","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}