{"product_id":"the-banquet-stav-poleg-9781800175112","title":"The Banquet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Banquet\u003c\/i\u003e explores the fragile, intricate links between language and longing -- how words can reconstruct great cities out of memories and dreams, tear them apart, or carry them from one place to another, as if each city, house and chamber were made of sonic and visual images rather than walls and bricks. Moving between the worlds of philosophy, theatre and poetry -- from Dante's Florence to Wittgenstein's Cambridge; from Tom Stoppard's theatre stage to the harsh landscapes of Rimbaud's poetry --\u003ci\u003e The Banquet\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ever-growing tensions between words and action, knowledge and ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stav Poleg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1800175116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800175112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Carcanet Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Stav Poleg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217932202239,"sku":"9781800175112","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a709bb55-c286-4a89-8d44-5f707ec14100.jpg?v=1772000381","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-banquet-stav-poleg-9781800175112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}