{"product_id":"ely-peter-appleton-9781789631890","title":"Ely: An experimental dream-poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this experimental dream-poem a famous European cathedral literally takes off and travels - as in a Japanese animated film - calling in at the Sargasso Sea, then the West Mariana Ridge in the western Pacific, and on to the Transantarctic Mountains. On board are a small band of people who happen to be in the cathedral when she takes off, led by a young and bemused cathedral canon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe East Anglian Fenland - especially as it was in early medieval times - lies deep within the cathedral's sense of herself and her people as she travels the globe. But she isn't all local memory; her twenty-first-century almost-silent Octagon \u003cem\u003eengyn \u003c\/em\u003epowers her and her crew on a tour through geological and historic time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her newfound freedom the cathedral gets up close and personal with Archean grey gneiss, discovers eel leptocephali, finds magical ancient plants in her own transept, and welcomes a stowaway cat called Mrs Chippy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on many sources of inspiration, including Geoffrey Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eThe House of Fame, \u003c\/em\u003e this poem is surreal, intricate and sometimes comic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Appleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789631890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789631890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Choir Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Peter Appleton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442582302975,"sku":"9781789631890","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b33e3fa3-d16b-41c2-8000-75ab27080906.jpg?v=1777198362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ely-peter-appleton-9781789631890","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}