{"product_id":"9781771662659","title":"Silvija","description":"\u003ci\u003eGrief is personal and unpredictable; no two people experience it the same way, and yet, each person that comes out the other side is transformed by their experience of loss and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn a sequence of five feverish elegies, Sandra Ridley's \u003ci\u003eSilvija\u003c\/i\u003e combines narrative lyric and experimental verse styles to manifest dark themes related to love and loss: the traumas of psychological suffering (isolation and confinement), physical abuse (by parent and partner), terminal illness (brain tumour and heart attack), revelation, resolution, and healing. Pulsing with the award-winning writer's signature blend of fervour and sangfroid, the serial poems in \u003ci\u003eSilvija\u003c\/i\u003e accrue into a book-length testament to a grief both personal and human, leaving readers with the redemptive grace that comes from poetry's ability to wrestle chaos into meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of its overarching themes and serial form, \u003ci\u003eSilvija\u003c\/i\u003e is best read cover-to-cover, analogous to a work of fiction, rather than a book of individual or occasional poems. In this way, and in dealing with timeless subjects of human significance, this book-length 'requiem for loss' bears comparisons to Anne Carson's \u003ci\u003eNox\u003c\/i\u003e and Daphne Marlatt's \u003ci\u003eThe Given\u003c\/i\u003e, and will resonate for the many people who have dealt with traumas of physical and mental illness, who have survived physical and\/or emotional abuse, and who search for beauty after catastrophe.","brand":"BookThug","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131270742256,"sku":"9781771662659","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771662659_p0.jpg?v=1763708101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771662659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}