{"product_id":"still-life-jay-hopler-9781952119378","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStill Life\u003ci\u003e has been named a best book of the year by NPR and \u003c\/i\u003eTime\u003ci\u003e magazine. Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, \u003cb\u003eJay Hopler\u003c\/b\u003e--author of the National Book Award-finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Abridged History of Rainfall\u003c\/i\u003e--got to work. The result of that labor is \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it's a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It's a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Hopler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1952119375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781952119378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Finalist","brand":"Jay Hopler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153883934975,"sku":"9781952119378","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17560631-1915-45b1-8f0d-cce2ba16db91.jpg?v=1770786481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-life-jay-hopler-9781952119378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}