{"product_id":"9780143572275","title":"Parang","description":"Author: Musa, Omar\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780143572275\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 May 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 80 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParang\u003c\/i\u003e is the second collection of poetry from former Australian Poetry Slam winner Omar Musa. Written over four years, the collection explores Malaysian jungles, dark Australian streets, and dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParang\u003c\/i\u003e is the second collection of poetry from former Australian Poetry Slam winner Omar Musa. Written over four years, the collection explores Malaysian jungles, dark Australian streets, and dreams. Dealing with the issues of loss, migration and belonging, \u003ci\u003eParang\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive and sometimes raw look at the here and now of a changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003ci\u003eParang\u003c\/i\u003e is as brutal as it is delicate, poems romp between the urban landscape and foreign humidities . . . I love these poems, they are a clarion call to the listless, to take up the parang, or the pen, the instrument or the book and make something happen. A balm for the conflicted, Musa is a rhapsodist like no other.' \u003cb\u003eTara June Winch, author of \u003ci\u003eSwallow the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Never mind page versus stage, this is poetry: listen.' \u003cb\u003eJeet Thayil, author of \u003ci\u003eNarcopolis\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150328311966,"sku":"UBD-9780143572275","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780143572275.jpg?v=1786964245","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780143572275","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}