{"product_id":"roses-are-silent-tamiko-dooley-9781913195304","title":"Roses Are Silent: Bara wa Shizuka","description":"\u003cp\u003eTamiko Dooley opens her collection \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBara wa Shizuka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTsuru\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e...making a crane out of paper, which establishes the cultural context... Dooley's poems of love, loyalty, chance \u0026amp; change are...a kind of origami, anecdote folded into image, word-sound folded into personal recollection... \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoses are Silent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e might be read as a contemporary pastoral. 'Not for me the serenity of pasture... Take me on a train into Tokyo'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJohn Greening, poet, critic and playwright.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalanced between languages, cultures \u0026amp; traditions, Tamiko Dooley's \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoses are Silent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is filled with family memory and the tangled cats' cradles of the sensual world, in all its terror and joy... Dooley and her delicate word music make for a persuasive, propulsive guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdam Horovitz, poet, performer and editor.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese pieces transcend location \u0026amp; straddle cultures. Each poem is a delicate work that explores the beautiful, fleeting, \u0026amp; difficult moments, in daily experience; capturing a unique sensuality that reminds us of the bittersweet nature of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDr Michael Tsang, Programme Director \u0026amp; Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Birkbeck University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDooley brings an exquisite sense of the potential in different forms...to a meditation on lives \u0026amp; loves... There is both formal mastery here \u0026amp; a sharp, sympathetic sense for human confusion. Tell me how it happened; so she does. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLuke Pitcher, Fellow \u0026amp; Tutor in Classics; Associate Professor in Classical Languages \u0026amp; Literature, Somerville, University of Oxford.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tamiko Dooley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913195309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913195304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Eyes Publishing UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.16d","brand":"Tamiko Dooley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519624130815,"sku":"9781913195304","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5330dd71-cf61-417e-a5af-a812659af2f2.jpg?v=1778737871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/roses-are-silent-tamiko-dooley-9781913195304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}