{"product_id":"9781848613751","title":"Untouched Silences","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. \"David Jaffin is a scrupulous weigher and weighter of words—by which I mean that a poem is, for him, always a matter of collaboration with the true spirit of the language. Every word is given its value, neither more nor less.\"—Edward Lucie-Smith \u003cp\u003e\"Jaffin's poetry is as 'modernist' as abstract painting while still poetry in the traditional sense, whose purpose is the verbalization of basic human experience and whose form derives from a serious exploration of language...it is remarkable what depth of experience Jaffin manages to relate through his severely limited vocabulary and imagery.\"—Victor Terras (Brown University)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49869073154288,"sku":"9781848613751","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848613751","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}