{"product_id":"9781925780833","title":"Letters from the Periphery","description":"Author: Alex Skovron\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925780833\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Puncher and Wattmann\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Oct 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 116\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe forty-eight poems that comprise \u003ci\u003eLetters from the Periphery\u003c\/i\u003e, Alex Skovron's seventh book-length collection, are populated by a variety of voices speaking across many settings - from 1960s Sydney to the cafes of today's Melbourne, from the Trojan War and Byzantine Aleppo to the dark forest of Dante's Inferno, from eighteenth-century Lisbon to Vienna at the turn of the twentieth, from the American Civil War to warfronts of our time, and of the future. A richly diverse collection, this book also marks Skovron's return to the longer poem - notably the title-sequence, featuring a mysterious stalker versed in philosophy; the suite \u003ci\u003eThe Light We Convert\u003c\/i\u003e, grounded in the world of nineteenth-century music; and the poet's translation of the opening Canto from\u003ci\u003e The Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867093422238,"sku":"ADS-9781925780833","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925780833.jpg?v=1779429731","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925780833","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}