{"product_id":"9780394758589","title":"The Rain in the Trees","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=\"\"\u003eMerwin, W. S.\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\u003eKnopf\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\u003e3\/12\/1988\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\u003cb\u003eA volume of poems concerned with intimacy and wholeness, and with history and how the world endures it—f\u003cb\u003erom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and “one of the greatest poets of our age … the Thoreau of our era” (Edward Hirsch). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA literary event—a new volume of poems by one of the masters of modern poetry—\u003ci\u003eThe Rain in the Trees \u003c\/i\u003eis W. S. Merwin's first book since the publication of his \u003ci\u003eOpening the Hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAlmost no other poet of our time has been able to voice in so subtle a fashion such a profound series of comments on the passing of history over the contemporary scene. To do this, he seems to have reinvented the poem—so that the experience of reading Merwin is unlike the reading of any other poetry. In such famous books as \u003ci\u003eThe Lice, The Moving Target\u003c\/i\u003e and (most recently) \u003ci\u003eOpening the Hand,\u003c\/i\u003e he has produced a body of work of great profundity and power made from the simplest and most beautiful poetic speech.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerwin can now rightfully be called a master, and this book shows in every way why this is the case.","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43373624721663,"sku":"9780394758589","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780394758589_s600x595.jpg?v=1775597772","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780394758589","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}