{"product_id":"meadowlands-louise-gluck-9780880015066","title":"Meadowlands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn an astonishing book-length sequence, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Gluck interweaves the dissolution of a contemporary marriage with the story of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is Penelope stubbornly weaving, elevating the act of waiting into an act of will; here, too, is a worldly Circe, a divided Odysseus, and a shrewd adolescent Telemachus. Through these classical figures, \u003cem\u003eMeadowlands \u003c\/em\u003eexplores such timeless themes as the endless negotiation of family life, the cruelty that intimacy enables, and the frustrating trivia of the everyday. Gluck discovers in contemporary life the same quandary that lies at the heart of \u003cem\u003eThe Odyssey: \u003c\/em\u003ethe \"unanswerable\/affliction of the human heart: how to divide\/the world's beauty into acceptable\/and unacceptable loves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Gluck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0880015063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780880015066\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.99w x 0.24d","brand":"Louise Gluck","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044880871679,"sku":"9780880015066","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbd4e9b2-f9bc-4cc2-9159-6c9d9fa46040.jpg?v=1684975452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meadowlands-louise-gluck-9780880015066","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}