{"product_id":"art-of-escape-mina-gorji-9781784108823","title":"Art of Escape","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Telegraph Poetry Book of the Month\u003c\/i\u003e (January 2020) Among Mina Gorji's poems in \u003ci\u003eNew Poetries V \u003c\/i\u003e(2011) was one about Houdini entitled 'The Art of Escape' which returns here as the title poem. This colourful and vivid first collection continues the course of Mina Gorji's meticulous explorations of 'the strange and sometimes darker side of nature' and the different forms and meanings of escape: dandelions crossing the ocean, the journey of a gall wasp from Aleppo to England, the transformation of an armadillo into music. These poems shift by degrees until new patterns and sounds emerge, transforming the familiar into unexpected configurations.\u003ci\u003e Art of Escape\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful casting off into the complex waters of adult life, in which change has become the constant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mina Gorji\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784108820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784108823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carcanet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Mina Gorji","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867112624383,"sku":"9781784108823","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a0cbea2-a049-4c5a-b2ec-8c12bf819124.jpg?v=1747453923","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-of-escape-mina-gorji-9781784108823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}