{"product_id":"9781780376790","title":"The Asking","description":"Author: Jane Hirshfield\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780376790\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Jul 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Asking\u003c\/i\u003eone of American poetry's foremost environmental advocates.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA visionary American writer whose poems ask nothing less than what it is to be human, Jane Hirshfield's poems are both sensual meditations and passionate investigations of our shared and borrowed lives, they reveal complex truths in language luminous and precise.In an era of algorithm, assertion and induced distraction, Jane Hirshfield's poems bring a much-needed awakening response, actively countering narrowness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Asking\u003c\/i\u003e includes work from her earlier retrospective, \u003ci\u003eEach Happiness Ringed by Lions\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), as well as drawing upon four later collections, \u003ci\u003eAfter\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eCome, Thief\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eLedger\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), along with a selection of 31 new poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924839645342,"sku":"ING-9781780376790","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780376790.jpg?v=1782953669","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780376790","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}