{"product_id":"in-a-boston-night-sasenarine-persaud-9781894770491","title":"In a Boston Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlisted for the Guyana Prize, Best Book of Poetry, 2010\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the very first piece in this collection, the title poem \"In a Boston Night,\" Sasenarine Persaud signals a return to the passionate and sensuous.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoston, the focal point, is like a needle hole though which the poet deftly threads his reflections about places, events, and histories: a conflict between Anglo- and Franco-Canadians at a Brookline art exhibition; Georgetown and Mumbai; Tampa and Toronto; the \"Boston Tea Party\" as a symbol of resistance to American English, subtly underlined by the description of a Walcott reading in an overflowing university hall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a fine, multilayered collection of poems by an important and accomplished contemporary poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sasenarine Persaud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1894770498\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781894770491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tsar Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.30d","brand":"Sasenarine Persaud","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486222823679,"sku":"9781894770491","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b788a5ed-92bf-4f07-bb72-ccf698bca156.jpg?v=1778054438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-a-boston-night-sasenarine-persaud-9781894770491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}