{"product_id":"natural-wonders-andrew-sant-9781923099678","title":"Natural Wonders","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe natural wonders in Andrew Sant's new collection of poems are unpredictable. They are not necessarily famous and unique. There are exceptions. Yellowstone National Park provides the setting for a herpetologist's comical overnight excursion; Mount Etna serves as a metaphor for seismic Italian cooking. Gondwanaland appears in a cartographer's dream. Often overlooked as wonders are spiders, snails, wasps, and snakes. Though not here. Nor is an attention-seeking seal or a lone turtle laying her eggs late at night. Elsewhere, a mischievous thief becomes a 'nocturnal wonder', the Yangtze River perceived as a casualty of human hubris at this globally pivotal time. Where there are famous natural wonders there are people, often crowds. In one of the poems this is provided with a counter perspective: 'Death, as a gate, \/ makes mass tourism look quaint.\/It must have caravans of fans.' It too is a wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Sant is a substantial yet elusive figure in contemporary Australian poetry. - \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Sant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1923099671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781923099678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puncher \u0026amp; Wattmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.32w x 0.26d","brand":"Andrew Sant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440128209151,"sku":"9781923099678","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_250d6ef0-e72b-4c5c-ade8-c3932fbf1a41.jpg?v=1777180426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natural-wonders-andrew-sant-9781923099678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}