{"product_id":"avebury-richard-berengarten-9781848615892","title":"Avebury","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I'm not a prophet, but I believe you have written a great poem...\" --Octavio Paz (from a personal letter)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The note on the back cover of the first edition of \u003cem\u003eAvebury\u003c\/em\u003e describes the book as 'a series of lyrical meditations, in which man's roots are rediscovered in the modes of perception of earlier cultures'. This is true; but it is also true to say that 'love defeating death' is a universal theme.\" --Jeremy Hooker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAvebury\u003c\/em\u003e freely moves through time, from pre-textual history to descriptions of art and civilisation, in the same way that Olson's \u003cem\u003eMaximus Poems\u003c\/em\u003e and all of Eliot's poems in \u003cem\u003eFour Quartets\u003c\/em\u003e envision history as an event that is taking place now and always, past and present simultaneously existing.\" --Neli Moody\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It was a welcome surprise to find Avebury, where I have walked among the stones so often, placed back meaningfully on the spiritual map.\" --Charles Tomlinson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Berengarten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848615892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848615892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.08d","brand":"Richard Berengarten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459650957567,"sku":"9781848615892","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76660148-167d-4507-8f98-148126d66966.jpg?v=1777411030","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/avebury-richard-berengarten-9781848615892","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}