{"product_id":"electric-light-seamus-heaney-9780374528416","title":"Electric Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful collection by the bestselling translator of \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the finland of perch, the fenland of alder, on air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThat is water, on carpets of Bann stream, on hold\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the everything flows and steady go of the world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from Perch \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamus Heaney's collection travels widely in time and space, visiting the sites of the classical world and revisiting the poet's childhood: rural electrification and the light of ancient evenings are reconciled within the orbit of a single lifetime. This is a book about origins (not least, the origins of words) and oracles: the places where things start from, the ground of understanding -- whether in Arcadia or Anahorish, the sanctuary at Epidaurus or the Bann valley in County Derry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Light\u003c\/i\u003e ranges from short takes to conversation poems. The pre-Socratic wisdom that everything flows is held in tension with the elegizing of friends and fellow poets. These gifts of recollection renew the poet's calling to assign things their proper names; once again Heaney can be heard exting his word hoard and roll call in this, his eleventh collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seamus Heaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374528411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374528416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2002 pg. 28","brand":"Seamus Heaney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987300483327,"sku":"9780374528416","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1ee2c79-04ae-4056-bf63-aca8dc1d875e.jpg?v=1683288160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/electric-light-seamus-heaney-9780374528416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}