{"product_id":"handwriting-michael-ondaatje-9780375705410","title":"Handwriting","description":"\"Tumultuous, vibrant, tragic and over too soon.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e is Michael Ondaatje's first new book of poetry since \u003cb\u003eThe Cinnamon Peeler\u003c\/b\u003e. The exquisite poems collected here draw on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories to weave a rich tapestry of images that reveal the longing for--and expose the anguish over--lost loves, homes, and language, as the poet contemplates scents and gestures and evokes a time when \"handwriting occurred on waves, \/ on leaves, the scripts of smoke\" and remembers a woman's \"laughter with its \/ intake of breath. Uhh huh.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, \u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e reminds us of Michael Ondaatje's stature as one of the finest poets writing today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Ondaatje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375705414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375705410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.23w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2000 pg. 32","brand":"Michael Ondaatje","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946559111423,"sku":"9780375705410","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_388bdd4e-da5a-418a-9dd0-184f496061b2.jpg?v=1681513838","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/handwriting-michael-ondaatje-9780375705410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}