{"product_id":"the-hard-word-paperback","title":"The Hard Word - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Kirkpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hard Word\u003c\/em\u003e wittily reflects on the stuff of words and what can be done with them, or to them, their uses and abuses - especially on the subject of love, perhaps the hardest word of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Kirkpatrick taught English and Australian literature at Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney, and has published two other collections: \u003cem\u003eWish You Were Here\u003c\/em\u003e (Five Islands, 1996), and \u003cem\u003eWestering \u003c\/em\u003e(Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann, 2006), which was shortlisted in the 2008 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sea Coast of Bohemia: Literary Life in Sydney's Roaring Twenties\u003c\/em\u003e (2nd ed. API Network, 2007) and, with Jill Dimond, \u003cem\u003eLiterary Sydney: A Walking Guide\u003c\/em\u003e (UQP, 2000). With Fran De Groen he co-edited \u003cem\u003eSerious Frolic: Essays on Australian Humour\u003c\/em\u003e (UQP, 2009) and, with Robert Dixon, \u003cem\u003eRepublics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia\u003c\/em\u003e (Sydney University Press, 2012)\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 0.22 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708373176383,"sku":"9781925780956","price":29.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d76a8bd13b6dc70fd31a3642e216ee26.webp?v=1765047562","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-hard-word-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}