{"product_id":"once-i-forget-john-p-portelli-9781997742166","title":"Once I Forget","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Once I Forget,\" a collection of poems by John P. Portelli, originally written in Maltese and translated by Aaron Aquilina and John Martin. These sections include the title page, a preface by Professor Norbert Bugeja, and portions of the poems themselves, which explore themes of memory, exile, loss, and the poet's childhood village, Ħad-Dingli. The preface highlights Portelli's struggle with forgetfulness and his focus on the vanishing past, connecting his work to literary figures like Yeats and Walcott. Furthermore, the source provides biographical notes on the author, translators, and cover artist, Carmel Micallef, along with endorsements that praise the poetry's transcendence of the lyric and its powerful exploration of nostalgia and the impossibility of return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John P. Portelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997742160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997742166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Daraja Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"John P. Portelli","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440606425343,"sku":"9781997742166","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bca9453b-cfeb-4c59-bc06-7618f5cbe5a6.jpg?v=1777183575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/once-i-forget-john-p-portelli-9781997742166","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}