{"product_id":"hymn-to-the-prisoners-of-the-wasteland-paperback","title":"Hymn to the Prisoners of the Wasteland - 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\u003eGeoffrey Mark Matthews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHymn to the Prisoners of the Wasteland is an epic poem of sorts, a political poem of sorts, and there is an essay at the end of the book. But as Matthews makes clear he is \"ill-suited to the activist, socially-engaged, cast of much contemporary artistic practice\" and is \"not a campaigner or a facilitator.\" Acting as \"witness, resonator, and scavenger\" and getting at the political \"rather as one gets at the ore of a precious metal hidden deep within the earth, by conducting mining and refining operations\" he offers it \"as a prize not a burden, an eye-opening not a brain-binding, a surprise not a given.\" Drawing on a range of contemporary sources Matthews treats \"words as raw materials to be extracted and worked for their unconstrained possibilities\" and the results are inventive, evocative, visually complex, and intensely musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53301594259763,"sku":"9780993205491","price":21.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/mIZ24JL0wc9780993205491.webp?v=1777513371","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/hymn-to-the-prisoners-of-the-wasteland-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}