{"product_id":"in-the-unwalled-city-paperback","title":"In the Unwalled City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Cording\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\" 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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718948261951,"sku":"9781639821143","price":22.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c2eda094489bab7ac9c595005289895f.webp?v=1765083828","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/in-the-unwalled-city-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}