{"product_id":"double-takes-paperback","title":"Double Takes - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Sail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwinning is well embedded in Lawrence Sail's family: himself the son of a twin, he also has a twin sister and - youngest of his four children - twin daughters.\u003c\/b\u003e His book's title \u003ci\u003eDouble Takes\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the poems' central concern with many aspects of duality - whether manifested in the context of human relations, translations, 'the moment saved from time' or the touchstone of mortality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn some instances, juxtapositions and counterpoints bring affinities to light; in others, distance and difference. A number of the poems address the political and the public: the plight of refugees, a photo of Putin beside Gorbachev's coffin, Brecht's take on the ways of the world. Others confront the hard consequences of illness. Most of all, these are poems that pay proper attention to their subjects, and which amount to an appreciation of beauty and balance, however precarious, as in 'Moving Out', where it is only being 'on the brink of removal' that makes it possible to 'engage with the ins and outs', and to benefit from 'the startle of those double takes \/ which reinterpret truth'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLawrence Sail's retrospective, \u003ci\u003eWaking Dreams: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation, was published by Bloodaxe in 2010, and followed by his later collections \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eGuises\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), and now, \u003ci\u003eDouble Takes\u003c\/i\u003e (2026).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Sail \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London and brought up in Exeter. He studied French and German at Oxford University, then taught for some years in Kenya, before returning to teach in the UK. His retrospective \u003ci\u003eWaking Dreams: New \u0026amp; Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2010), a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation, covers work written over four decades, drawing on poems from ten collections, from \u003ci\u003eOpposite Views\u003c\/i\u003e (1974) to the \u003ci\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) first collected in this volume. His other books include \u003ci\u003eCross-currents: essays\u003c\/i\u003e (Enitharmon, 2005), a memoir of childhood, \u003ci\u003eSift\u003c\/i\u003e (Impress Books, 2010), and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of his Christmas poems with illustrations by his daughter, Erica Sail (Enitharmon, 2010). He was a co-director of the 50th Anniversary Cheltenham Festival of Literature in 1999, and received a Cholmondeley Award in 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090441589043,"sku":"9781780377940","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/axHVFxN0Mp9781780377940.webp?v=1789606155","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/double-takes-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}