{"product_id":"music-for-the-dead-and-valzhyna-mort-9780374603243","title":"Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRIFFIN PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST POETRY BOOKS OF 2020 BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her book of letters to the dead, the prize-winning poet Valzhyna Mort relearns how to mourn those erased by violent history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith shocking, unforgettable lyric force, Valzhyna Mort's \u003ci\u003eMusic for the Dead and Resurrected\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the legacy of violent death in one family in Belarus. In these letters to the dead, the poet asks: How do we mourn after a century of propaganda? Can private stories challenge the collective power of Soviet and American historical mythology? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMort traces a route of devastation from the Chernobyl fallout and a school system controlled by ideology to the Soviet labor camps and the massacres of World War II. While musical form serves as a safe house for the poet's voice, old trees speak to her as the only remaining witnesses, hosts to both radiation and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValzhyna Mort, born in Belarus and now living in the United States, conjures a searing, hallucinogenic ritual of rhythmic remembrance in a world where appeals to virtue and justice have irrevocably failed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Valzhyna Mort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374603243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374603243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.53w x 0.39d","brand":"Valzhyna Mort","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050047303935,"sku":"9780374603243","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1b7e7f6-fa36-4e6d-b3f1-6f71c9ef4f27.jpg?v=1685004899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-for-the-dead-and-valzhyna-mort-9780374603243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}