{"product_id":"the-face-a-novella-in-verse-paperback","title":"The Face: A Novella in Verse - 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\u003eDavid St John\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting and inventive book length sequence of poems from the distinguished author of \u003cem\u003eStudy for the World's Body.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Face\u003c\/em\u003e is both fiercely lyrical and intimately conversational. Coming to terms with the failure of a great love, the speaker descends into his own dark night of the soul. Here are poems that explore the drama of the shattered self in a variety of voices, calling on memory to speak and imagination to make beauty from the shards. Slowly, the speaker reassembles his life and again finds faith in himself and the world. These poems reveal a swirling cinematic poetry of visionary scope; meditative and confessional in some moments, ironic and playful in others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Deeply passionate and raw in its candour, \u003cem\u003eThe Face\u003c\/em\u003e may be for this generation of poets what Lowell's \u003cem\u003eLife Studies \u003c\/em\u003eand Ashbery's \u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait in a Convex Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e were.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9.06 x 6.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52730922926387,"sku":"9780060593674","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/iLpuey2Lgt9780060593674.webp?v=1763844983","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-face-a-novella-in-verse-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}