{"product_id":"in-the-unwalled-city-hardcover","title":"In the Unwalled City - Hardcover","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\u003eRobert Cording\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Unwalled City\u003c\/em\u003e takes its title from Epicurus, who wrote: \"Against other things it is possible to obtain security, but when it comes to death, we human beings all live in an unwalled city.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e This affecting book-which weaves prose memoir with poetry-explores that feeling of being open to attack-in this case the pain of grief after Robert Cording's thirty-one-year-old son Daniel died. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo borrow a phrase from C.S. Lewis, here is \"a grief observed,\" encompassing not only the big questions but also the impact of grief on daily life. For a poet like Cording, one form that grief takes is that of speaking to his son. In \"Afterlife,\" Cording has a vision of his son replying: \"let the emptiness remain empty . . . Stop writing down \/ everything you think I'm telling you. \/ This is your afterlife, not mine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of \u003cem\u003eIn the Unwalled City \u003c\/em\u003eis a series of questions: How does loss change a person? How does one chart a new life that both acknowledges a son's death and still finds a way back to delight? How does one now live fully in the unwalled city? \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52448433471795,"sku":"9781639821150","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RW1aY1Y4djZEVTRZQ2htZjRjZGpJQT09.webp?v=1759039115","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-the-unwalled-city-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}