{"product_id":"bloodhoney-songs-bruce-rimell-9781445298870","title":"Bloodhoney Songs: A Journey To Iceland","description":"Iceland is often labelled 'a land of ice and fire' - these days it has become something of a clich? - but when artist and poet Bruce Rimell visited with his husband in 2023, he felt plunged into a world of blood and honey, a place of poetry and song, recalling the Old Norse mythic images, as well as the magma which underlies and sculpts the vistas of this volcanic country... \"to which I will say: I am a poet, I pray to waterfalls, let it outpour like rain...\" Simultaneously a journey through Iceland's natural, cultural and human landscapes, as well as a dreaming fall into the frenetic soul of a hyperactive poet, 'Bloodhoney Songs' takes in scenes from Reykjavik, ekphrastic verses springing from Icelandic music - from Bj?rk to m?m, Sigur Rόs to ?lafur Arnalds - and geological wonders, to evoke a sublime process of emergence from lifelong traumas as a Queer\/ADHD person into a more hopeful place... \"breathe out: you are coming to an end of your grief, a closing of time...\" Moving from the waking world, through fractured dreams of love in Loki's arms, into an eternal moment of stillness - the beginning of a fragile new world - this unique outsider's view of Iceland is possibly the most unusual perspective on the country and its fascinating people you've ever read!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Rimell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1445298872\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781445298870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.49d","brand":"Bruce Rimell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140985082111,"sku":"9781445298870","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16d962ce-9936-423b-9bd3-a22bcbcf5a6c.jpg?v=1726597599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bloodhoney-songs-bruce-rimell-9781445298870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}