{"product_id":"tristia-paperback","title":"Tristia - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarmen Bugan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Tristia, Carmen Bugan tests the lyric against loss once again, as everything collapses around her, but this time much closer to home. These are poems about forging a stronger self in the fires of her lifetime, whether they are the forest fires that cover the American continent, the war in Ukraine, or her own world turned to ashes. The speaker in the poem 'Enheduana' laments: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He spat on my oven full of food, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Walked over my baskets full of bread, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Soiled the marriage bed, left the children crying, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And my heart toiling with heaven and earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer poems insist on the beauty of the natural world, itself under threat, as a source of strength, as in 'Hawk, ' where the speaker prays: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Hawk, take everything \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That is weak in me, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In your claws: eat it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Leave me wise and patient. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.21 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42733781483583,"sku":"9781848619661","price":24.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4ef9a1baadbbb8de34b5195bda79354c.webp?v=1765137366","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/tristia-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}