{"product_id":"9781101906231","title":"The After Party: 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=\"\"\u003ePrikryl, Jana\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\u003eCrown\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\u003e6\/21\/2016\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\"A truly moving book.\" —John Ashbery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJana Prikryl’s \u003ci\u003eThe After Party\u003c\/i\u003e journeys across borders and eras, from cold war Central Europe to present-day New York City,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efrom ancient Rome to New World suburbs, constantly testing the lingua francas we negotiate to know ourselves. These poems disclose the tensions in our inherited identities and showcase Prikryl’s ambitious\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexperimentation with style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thirty Thousand Islands,” the second half of the collection,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epresents some forty linked poems that incorporate numerous voices. Rooted in one place that fragments into many places—the remote shores of Lake Huron in\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCanada, a region with no natural resources aside from its beauty—these poems are an elegy that speaks beyond grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenetrating, vital, and visionary, \u003ci\u003eThe After Party\u003c\/i\u003e marks the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43365623922943,"sku":"9781101906231","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781101906231_s600x595.jpg?v=1775590334","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781101906231","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}