{"product_id":"9781472157454","title":"The Trees Witness Everything","description":"Author: Victoria Chang\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781472157454\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 21 Jul 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lover of strict form, best-selling poet Victoria Chang turns to compact Japanese waka, powerfully innovating on tradition while continuing her pursuit of one of life's hardest questions: how to let go.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Trees Witness Everything,\u003c\/i\u003e Victoria Chang reinvigorates language by way of concentration, using constraint to illuminate and free the wild interior. Largely composed in various Japanese syllabic forms called 'wakas,' each poem is shaped by pattern and count. This highly original work innovates inside the lineage of great poets including W.S. Merwin, whose poem titles are repurposed as frames and mirrors for the text, stitching past and present in complex dialogue. Chang depicts the smooth, melancholic isolation of the mind while reaching outward to name - with reverence, economy and whimsy - the ache of wanting, the hawk and its shadow, our human urge to hide the minute beneath the light.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717719347358,"sku":"ADS-9781472157454","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781472157454.jpg?v=1776128903","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781472157454","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}