{"product_id":"9781784105341","title":"Shrines of Upper Austria","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Poetry Book Society Spring 2018 Recommendation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWandering in central Europe, a traveller observes and records a landscape of lakes, folk culture and uneasy histories. Phoebe Power’s\u003ci\u003e Shrines of Upper Austria\u003c\/i\u003e gathers numerous stories and perspectives, such as the fragmented narrative of an Austrian woman who married a British soldier after the Second World War, and the voices of schoolchildren and immigrants. Strange discoveries are made: a grave for two dead goats; a lantern procession on the night of Epiphany; a baby abandoned by a river; a homemade frog-puppet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems are a collage of stories and histories, set in a variety of forms and registers. They are attentive to local detail, rich in the names of people and places – Marija, Omegepta, Eck 4 and the Loser Mountain. Mixing poetry and prose, image and narrative, German and English, Power’s poems are a celebration of creativity in unlikely places. Against a disquieting backdrop of mild winters and memories of snow, they invite us to question what it means to feel at once a stranger and at home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carcanet Press, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042802385136,"sku":"9781784105341","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784105341_p0.jpg?v=1763724888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784105341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}