{"product_id":"telling-tales-patience-agbabi-9781782111573","title":"Telling Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE TED HUGHES PRIZE 2015\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTabard Inn to Canterb'ry Cathedral, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet pilgrims competing for free picks, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaucer Tales, track by track, it's the remix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom below-the-belt base to the topnotch;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI won't stop all the clocks with a stopwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhen the tales overrun, run offensive, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eor run clean out of steam, they're authentic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eand we're keeping it real, reminisce this: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaucer Tales were an unfinished business.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e award-winning poet Patience Agbabi presents an inspired 21st-Century remix of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales retelling all of the stories, from the Miller's Tale to the Wife of Bath's in her own critically acclaimed poetic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrating Chaucer's Middle-English masterwork for its performance element as well as its poetry and pilgrims, Agbabi's newest collection is utterly unique. Boisterous, funky, foul-mouthed, sublimely lyrical and bursting at the seams, \u003ci\u003eTelling Tales\u003c\/i\u003e takes one of Britain's most significant works of literature and gives it thrilling new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patience Agbabi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1782111573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782111573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patience Agbabi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057250169087,"sku":"9781782111573","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2204db59-3b74-42ae-a69b-948fd8cb57e6.jpg?v=1685045883","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/telling-tales-patience-agbabi-9781782111573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}