{"product_id":"9781922571861","title":"The Diwan of Nawid","description":"Author: Mal McKimmie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922571861\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 86\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;The Diwan of Nawid \u003c\/i\u003eis like nothing else in Australian poetry - a spiritual text of sublime beauty in which we follow the struggles, questionings, and exhortations of Nawid, a character you will come to love for the way in which he lays before us his intense search for inviolable truths. Nawid is an 'everyman' but with one remarkable difference - he is a first-rate poet whose work contains the devotion and open-minded sagacity of a modern-day Kabir.\u0026amp;#x27;  Judith Beveridge \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Sometimes a new voice springs from a poet. It's not quite the poet's own (although it is), and it's not quite another's voice (although it is). \u003ci\u003eThe Diwan of Nawid \u003c\/i\u003eis a memorable collection of poems in such a voice: tender, witty, puzzled, consoling. It is unique in Australian poetry.\u0026amp;#x27;  Kevin Hart \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAt the Foot of the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;... \u003c\/i\u003ea wonder of compression and transformation ... a book with a rare depth of humanity and spirit that bears witness to its writer's fearless perceptiveness, and which always carries itself with compassion and wit.\u0026amp;#x27;  Graeme Miles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;... innovative, intelligently creative, almost fearless.\u0026amp;#x27;  Jennifer Harrison, \u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Brokenness Sonnets I-III \u0026amp; Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**The Age Poetry Book of the Year 2012** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Love and joy are at the centre of McKimmie's world ... we should take some time with his works, because there are parts of them that are necessarily beyond their creator  and there can be no higher praise.\u0026amp;#x27;  Toby Davidson, \u003ci\u003eMascara Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861507100830,"sku":"ADS-9781922571861","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922571861.jpg?v=1779253220","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922571861","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}