{"product_id":"9781783524303","title":"The Shepherd's Hut","description":"\u003cp\u003eJonathan Bate believes that the slow, meditative reading of poetry – absorbing ourselves in the images of a poem, slowing to its beat, allowing our minds to rest in the pause of a line-ending – can bring us tranquility as we find echoes of our own experiences on the page. Experiences of beautiful places, strong feelings and moments that lift the human spirit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Shepherd’s Hut\u003c\/i\u003e, Bate introduces us to the diet of swans, the quest for inner peace in ancient Chinese poetry, the English seaside and the summer Mediterranean, a rose garden and a snow-covered moor. He reminds us what it is like to fall in love and to say goodbye. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are poems of memory and of mourning; quick-fire thoughts and longer meditations inspired by the great poets of the past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll author proceeds will be donated to ReLit, a small charitable foundation established by Jonathan Bate and his wife, author Paula Byrne, devoted to the act of reading as an invaluable form of stress relief in our busy world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163502133488,"sku":"9781783524303","price":21.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783524303_p0.jpg?v=1763723379","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783524303","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}