{"product_id":"in-the-alyscamps-derek-summers-9780955677052","title":"In the Alyscamps: Selected poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA committed European, Derek Summers writes poems which reflect his extensive, enthusiastic travels, from St Petersburg to Van Gogh's Haarlem, from Hornchurch to St Honorat's chapel in the Alyscamps at Arles. In this, his second collection, he pursues his fascination with the contrasts between English and French language and culture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eReviewer George Beddow writes: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Derek Summers' poetry is marked by sincerity, honesty and compassion. His world may be resolutely godless but he remains a pilgrim forever in pursuit of truth and beauty. There is an unashamed social and political commitment that is rare. Is the god that was missing in Dresden the same one that was found wanting in Baghdad?\u003cbr\u003e His poems attest to suffering on a personal scale too. In lines taut with a nervous energy, the emotion may be frighteningly stark but is couched in language rich and strange. Not Hannibal Lecter startles while Loss and In Chichester Cathedral are almost unbearably moving.\u003cbr\u003e There is humour and lyricism too. Scythian Warrior winks at Rilke's Archaic Torso of Apollo while, elsewhere, Marx, Heine and (ominously) Van Gogh make their entrances and exits - the latter in a vignette of luminous pictorial clarity.\u003cbr\u003e Finding consolations amid conflict - whether internal or external - is difficult at the best of times. Sharing them even more so. This is what the poet does in this new collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Summers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 095567705X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780955677052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palewell Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\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":"Derek Summers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47520205406463,"sku":"9780955677052","price":11.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d11a24f-2c7b-4d5d-bc07-38ebc58eea06.jpg?v=1762884165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-alyscamps-derek-summers-9780955677052","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}