{"product_id":"9781770561663","title":"Notebook of Roses and Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2007 Governor General's Award for Translation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe heat of summer on an earlobe, a parking meter, the shadow of crabs and pigeons under a cherry tree, an olive, a shoulder blade in the poems of Nicole Brossard these concrete, quotidian things move languorously through the senses to find a place beyond language. Taken together, they create an audacious new architecture of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicole Brossard, one of the world’s foremost literary innovators, is known for her experiments with language and her groundbreaking treatment of desire and gender. This dextrous translation by the award-winning poets and translators Erin Moure and Robert Majzels brings into English, with great verve and sensitivity, Brossard’s remarkable syntax and sensuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘[Brossard’s] use of elliptical formulations and syntactical hijackings creates tensions between the image and the statement that result in a style that is unmistakably hers.’ – \u003cem\u003eLa Presse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A new work by Brossard is an event ... \u003cem\u003eYesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon\u003c\/em\u003e is not merely experimental. It’s radical.’ – \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157361246448,"sku":"9781770561663","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770561663_p0.jpg?v=1763706314","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770561663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}