{"product_id":"shrines-of-upper-austria-phoebe-power-9781784105341","title":"Shrines of Upper Austria","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2019 Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2019 Somerset Maugham Award from the Society of Authors \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2018 T. S. Eliot Prize \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2018 Forward (Felix Dennis) Prize for Best First Collection \u003cbr\u003e A Poetry Book Society Spring 2018 Recommendation​\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wandering in central Europe, a traveller observes and records a landscape of lakes, folk culture and uneasy histories. Phoebe Power's \u003ci\u003eShrines of Upper Austria\u003c\/i\u003e gathers numerous stories and perspectives, such as the fragmented narrative of an Austrian woman who married a British soldier after the Second World War, and the voices of schoolchildren and immigrants. Strange discoveries are made: a grave for two dead goats; a lantern procession on the night of Epiphany; a baby abandoned by a river; a homemade frog-puppet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The poems are a collage of stories and histories, set in a variety of forms and registers. They are attentive to local detail, rich in the names of people and places--Marija, Omegepta, Eck 4 and the Loser Mountain. Mixing poetry and prose, image and narrative, German and English, Power's poems are a celebration of creativity in unlikely places. Against a disquieting backdrop of mild winters and memories of snow, they invite us to question what it means to feel at once a stranger and at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoebe Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784105341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784105341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carcanet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Phoebe Power","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087688941823,"sku":"9781784105341","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92c6699d-6a56-4832-b7cd-b12bc2908954.jpg?v=1753850515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shrines-of-upper-austria-phoebe-power-9781784105341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}