{"product_id":"9781950268849","title":"The Book","description":"Author: Mary Ruefle\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781950268849\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Wave Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jan 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 96\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollowing the acclaimed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDunce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes Mary Ruefle's latest prose publication\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue to its bold title, \u003ci\u003eThe Book\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Mary Ruefle's legacy as (dubbed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) \u0026amp;#x27;the patron saint of childhood and the everyday.\u0026amp;#x27;  With the same curiosity found in \u003ci\u003eMadness, Rack, and Honey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Private Property\u003c\/i\u003e, Ruefle's prose here feels both omniscient and especially intimate. \u0026amp;#x27;It seems I believe in a bygone world though I no longer live there,\u0026amp;#x27; she writes. \u0026amp;#x27;Will I continue to read about all that is dusty?\u0026amp;#x27; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of friendship, Ruefle generously invites us to query ourselves as readers and thinkers in a world that will eventually endure without us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Straightforward in form, comic and companionable in tone, blessed with the Martian gift of seeing the strange in the ordinary and vice-versa...\u0026amp;#x27; - Joel Brouwer, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Ruefle's speakers muse in a very deliberate, declarative syntax in a lot of universalities, generalities, and absolutes, speaking often for all of us.\u0026amp;#x27;- Adrien Blevins, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867132612766,"sku":"ADS-9781950268849","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781950268849.jpg?v=1779430676","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781950268849","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}