{"product_id":"small-scale-observations-paperback","title":"Small-Scale Observations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Sutherland-Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in James Sutherland-Smith's eighth collection move from the garden into the neighbourhood of \"a down-at-heel Hapsburg town\" and then range into the nearby forest, the personal and the past. Borders are crossed and seemingly insignificant creatures suddenly gain visionary dimensions. The title poem recalls a poet whose attention to the small-scale made his work seem minor, yet as Hardy wrote \"he noticed such things,\" a heedfulness absent in a contemporary world where both simplistic analysis and solutions constantly fail to address threats to our very existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe namesake of a war criminal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehas been chopping wood for three days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehefting an orange-handled axe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBehind him three hunting dogs bark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eat the nonchalant passage of a cat.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719680102463,"sku":"9781848618473","price":24.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/74a278fe2d249baebb54d6c0ea5b1e28.webp?v=1765086484","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/small-scale-observations-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}