{"product_id":"continuous-creation-les-murray-9780374607883","title":"Continuous Creation: Last Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe final collection of poems by the great Australian poet Les Murray, \u003ci\u003eContinuous Creation \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe bring nothing into this world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eexcept our gradual ability\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eto create it, out of all that vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand all that will outlast us.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eContinuous Creation\u003c\/i\u003e, the final collection from Les Murray, the preeminent poet of modern Australia recalls moments from his youth and wryly observes the changing world, moving back and forth through time and history with characteristic curiosity and an ever-fresh commitment to capturing the rhythms of life in verse. This collection displays Murray's miraculous ability to reinvent language in order to plant his and our reality on the page, whether he writes about the Australian landscape (\"Kangaroo sleeping \/ ahead on the road turns out \/ to be twigs and leaves\") or unsold books sitting in department stores. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContinuous Creation \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates, once more, that Murray was one of the great poets of the English language. As Joseph Brodsky said, he was, \"quite simply, the one by whom the language lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374607885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374607883\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.23d","brand":"Les Murray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070725878015,"sku":"9780374607883","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6058207d-6807-4296-9732-9e2673eecc9b.jpg?v=1685432004","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/continuous-creation-les-murray-9780374607883","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}