{"product_id":"9781739440503","title":"Absence","description":"Author: Ali Lewis\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781739440503\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Cheerio Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 72\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e, the third title in CHEERIO's acclaimed poetry series, is a book about nothing. Or nothings: losses, vacua, gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the desolation at the heat-death of the universe to the impassable distance between two people talking, and from the trust exercise of walking in darkness to experiments on the vacuum, \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e searches for what's missing and what we never had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the problem of how to represent that that isn't there, and ending with the end of love, \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e takes in the ache for a vanished god, the permanently delayed doomsday of millenarian cults, and the overflowing life inside our seemingly empty buckets and stomachs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAli Lewis's poems mirror, undermine, reframe and rephrase each other in a voice that feels as precise and scientific as is it playful and warm. \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e is both intricate and ambitious, comic and tragic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book of restless curiosity and revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deft, ingenious, funny and metaphysically gymnastic. What an absolute gift it is.'  Abigail Parry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I love this. Ali Lewis's poems have an unparaphrasable quality, as if they're not read but inhaled, like a clear vapour which leaves you giddy, tranquil and troubled all at once. Read it, you'll see what I mean.'  Caroline Bird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839808393374,"sku":"ADS-9781739440503","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781739440503.jpg?v=1778827102","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781739440503","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}