{"product_id":"9781848615830","title":"The River and the Black Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixty-four improvisations, whose principle motifs are a stretch of a small river in Central Europe and a once feral black cat, navigate the language that we inhabit and that inhabits us. Three philosophers or the three musketeers, Boris Karloff, Li Bai and an Indian companion, among others, ghost in and out of poems ordered according to the progress of the seasons. Their moods and perspectives range from the inconsequential and paradoxical to the melancholic and erotic. Almost all the poems are in some measure love poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater the sky will be a light blue yearning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor the transcendence to which the river whispers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI kiss your throat. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe black cat chases herself up and down the stairs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShall we get up, shower and dress \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor otherwise, nakedness being no constraint \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the best or worst we can do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019095621872,"sku":"9781848615830","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848615830_p0.jpg?v=1763750976","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848615830","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}