{"product_id":"desire-lines-barry-macsweeney-9781848615793","title":"Desire Lines: Unselected Poems 1966-2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesire Lines: Unselected Poems, 1966-2000\u003c\/em\u003e presents work drawn from across MacSweeney's writing life. Beginning with \u003cem\u003eThe Boy From the Green Cabaret Tells of His Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, which brought the 20-year-old poet fame and notoriety, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines \u003c\/em\u003ebrings more than 300 pages of MacSweeney's poetry back into print. His prolific 1970s are represented here by eight complete sequences, including the major political work \u003cem\u003eBlack Torch\u003c\/em\u003e and the previously unpublished long poems \u003cem\u003eToad Church\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePelt Feather Log\u003c\/em\u003e. Drawing on archival resources and extensive bibliographic resources, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e collects the majority of MacSweeney's poetry not included in \u003cem\u003eWolf Tongue: Selected Poems, 1965-2000\u003c\/em\u003e. These unselected poems showcase the full range of his capabilities: from raw lyrical emotion to modernist fragmentation, from historical narrative to surreal invention and absurd humour. Including five unpublished poems from the 1980s - including the \"State-of-the-Nation Bulletin\", \u003cem\u003eRevulsion\u003c\/em\u003e and the tender, heartbroken 'Soft Hail' - MacSweeney's essential contribution to modern poetry can be seen to its full extent. Alongside translations from the French of Guillaume Apollinaire, \u003cem\u003eDesire Lines\u003c\/em\u003e includes an introduction and notes on the texts by the editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry MacSweeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848615795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848615793\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\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Barry MacSweeney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125479207167,"sku":"9781848615793","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43aed3b1-47ea-41ac-9686-7a4a40676982.jpg?v=1687442863","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/desire-lines-barry-macsweeney-9781848615793","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}