{"product_id":"9780374538705","title":"Walking Backwards","description":"Author: John Koethe\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780374538705\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Farrar Straus Giroux\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Dec 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . There\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es something\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eComforting about rituals renewed, even adolescents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e pipe dreams:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ell find out soon enough, and meanwhile find their places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eIn the eternal scenery, less auguries or cautionary tales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThan parts of an unchanging whole, as ripe for contemplation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAs a planisphere or the clouds: the vexed destinies, the shared life,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe sempiternal spectacle of someone preaching to the choir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhile walking backwards in the moment on a warm spring afternoon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nJohn Koethe’s poems—always dynamic and in process, never static or complete—luxuriate in the questions that punctuate the most humdrum of routines, rendering a robust portrait of an individual: complicated, quotidian, and resounding with truth. Gathering for the first time his impressive and award-winning body of work, published between 1966 and 2016, \u003ci\u003eWalking Backwards\u003c\/i\u003e introduces this gifted poet to a new, wider readership.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47901052797086,"sku":"ING-9780374538705","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780374538705.jpg?v=1782352693","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780374538705","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}