{"product_id":"9780060755249","title":"Second Space: New Poems","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMilosz, Czeslaw\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEcco\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/23\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConcerned with questions of aging and mortality, A\u003cem\u003e Second Space\u003c\/em\u003e furthers 93-year-old Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz’s reputation as “arguably the greatest living poet” (Edward Hirsch, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Milosz continues exploring his own version of the meditative lyric, refusing to rest on his laurels…. Consequently, he joins the ranks of other great poets of old age, such as Robert Penn Warren and W. B. Yeats himself.”—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SECOND SPACE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow spacious are the heavenly halls!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproach them on aerial stairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove white clouds, there are the hanging gardens of paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA soul detaches itself from the body and soars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt remembers that there is an up and a down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHave we really lost faith in the second space?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they’ve dissolved, disappeared, both heaven and hell?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithout unearthly meadows how to meet salvation?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd where will an association of the damned fill its abode?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us weep, lament the enormity of the loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us smear our faces with coal, loosen our hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet us inplore that it be returned to us,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat second space.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43366388498687,"sku":"9780060755249","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780060755249_s600x595.jpg?v=1776956992","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780060755249","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}