{"product_id":"the-absurd-man-major-jackson-9781324004554","title":"The Absurd Man: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by Albert Camus's seminal \u003cem\u003eMyth of Sisyphus\u003c\/em\u003e, Major Jackson's fifth volume subtly configures the poet as \"absurd hero\" and plunges headfirst into a search for stable ground in an unstable world. We follow Jackson's restless, vulnerable speaker as he ponders creation in the face of meaninglessness, chronicles an increasingly technological world and the difficulty of social and political unity, probes a failed marriage, and grieves his lost mother with a stunning, lucid lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arc of a man emerges; he bravely confronts his past, including his betrayals and his mistakes, and questions who he is as a father, as a husband, as a son, and as a poet. With intense musicality and verve, \u003cem\u003eThe Absurd Man\u003c\/em\u003e also faces outward, finding refuge in intellectual and sensuous passions. At once melancholic and jubilant, Jackson considers the journey of humanity, with all its foibles, as a sacred pattern of discovery reconciled by art and the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Major Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 132400455X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324004554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 6.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2020 pg. 77","brand":"Major Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043076272383,"sku":"9781324004554","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a4ffff20-f1f2-4d69-847b-72db5ed0e559.jpg?v=1684965109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-absurd-man-major-jackson-9781324004554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}