{"product_id":"amnion-stephanie-sy-quia-9781783787746","title":"Amnion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER of the Forward \/ Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection, Somerset Maugham Award, and Eric Gregory Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED for the Laurel Prize, Rathbones Folio Prize, and RSL Ondaatje Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary debut, book-length poem from a significant young thinker on migratory histories, race and colonialism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a person of multitudinous countries and heritages? \u003ci\u003eAmnion\u003c\/i\u003e excavates migratory histories, colonialism and class, moving from England to France, the United States, Spain, Germany, Libya and the Philippines. In this chronicle of a family's history divided by geography and language, Stephanie Sy-Quia explores the reverberations that the actions of one generation can have on the next, through acts of bravery and resistance, great and small.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimultaneously mapping and undoing ideas of the self, everything here is contested. Undefinable in form, combining aspects of fiction, epic poetry and the lyric essay, and merging classical thought and contemporary life to show the joy in living and art, \u003ci\u003eAmnion\u003c\/i\u003e's broad intellect and undulating emotional landscape is a testament to the families we are given and those that we choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Sy-Quia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783787740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783787746\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Granta Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Stephanie Sy-Quia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659510067455,"sku":"9781783787746","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81d13c01-f202-4725-8d3a-5b148d9e206c.jpg?v=1781201684","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amnion-stephanie-sy-quia-9781783787746","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}