{"product_id":"the-corpses-of-the-future-lynn-crosbie-9781487000905","title":"The Corpses of the Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her first poetry collection in more than a decade, celebrated novelist and poet Lynn Crosbie creates a sustained and confessional record of her father's illness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corpses of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a sustained, confessional new collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie. It tells the story of her father's battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet's conversations and time with her father and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book's title is his sardonic remark. Crosbie considers dementia to be a symbolic language, and as such similar to poetry. The author's attempts to understand her father's distress, pain, fear, and brave love are assisted by her understanding of the \"negative capability\" required of readers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a harrowing book, with moments of joy and even levity. It is a collection of poetry about love, and love's persistence, even under the most unspeakable circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Crosbie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487000901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487000905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Lynn Crosbie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124016640255,"sku":"9781487000905","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2e05e94-b4fd-4259-a1cc-50cc66dddfd2.jpg?v=1687434246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-corpses-of-the-future-lynn-crosbie-9781487000905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}