{"product_id":"in-a-language-that-you-len-verwey-9780803290983","title":"In a Language That You Know","description":"South Africa is a complicated, contradictory, and haunted place. Len Verwey captures the trajectory of life in such a place, dealing with childhood, war, marriage, divorce, and death. He explores the challenges posed by place and history, shared identities, deep embeddedness in the continent, and the legacies of violence and exclusion, as well as beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Verwey offers poems that speak of uncertainty, ask questions, and challenge simplistic and scapegoating narratives that become so tempting when living in a society undergoing intense social and economic pressure. Dealing less with factual or political explanations of war and more with the compulsion of war, in particular, \"maleness\" and violence, Verwey pulls the reader into another world, opening eyes to the \"crisis of men,\" the violence against women, children, and the foreign in a country where conflicts are again escalating. \u003ci\u003eIn a Language That You Know\u003c\/i\u003e strives to understand the complexity of one of the most unequal, violent, yet most vibrant societies in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Len Verwey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803290985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803290983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Len Verwey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926199042303,"sku":"9780803290983","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_db9c38cf-3311-4a86-a5a2-622b954b6925.jpg?v=1681081747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-a-language-that-you-len-verwey-9780803290983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}