{"product_id":"9781927428498","title":"Lost Luggage","description":"Journeys and interrupted journeys are a well established theme in literature. Gustave Von Aschenback's fateful journey back to Venice and his death began with lost luggage. So also with Salvatore Ala's new collection of poems -- his third. Lost luggage and the efforts to find the things of this world retrieved and redeemed are central to Ala's poems. In his new book he presents a unique group of poems about the world of soccer: \"The Goalkeeper,\" \"Pelé,\" The Soccer Ball,\" and others, show Ala’s openness and refusal to accept the sterility of modern trends. \u003ci\u003eLost Luggage\u003c\/i\u003e has many examples of his unique sense of style, his particular blend of candidness and depth. A rare commodity today.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180478349552,"sku":"9781927428498","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927428498_p0.jpg?v=1763636642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927428498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}