{"product_id":"the-curious-thing-sandra-lim-9781324066187","title":"The Curious Thing: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruthful, sensuous, and intellectually relentless, the poems in \u003cem\u003eThe Curious Thing\u003c\/em\u003e are compelling meditations on love, art making, solitude, female fate, and both the mundane and serious principles of life. Sandra Lim's poetry displays stinging wit and a tough-minded approach to her own experiences: She speaks with Jean Rhys about beauty, encounters the dark loneliness that can exist inside a relationship, and discovers a coiled anger on a hot summer day. An extended poem sequence slyly revolves the meanings of finding oneself astray in midlife. A steely strength courses through the volume's myriad discoveries--Lim's lucidity and tenderness form a striking complement to her remarkable metaphors and the emotional clamor of her material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnimated by a sense of reckoning and a piercing inwardness, these anti-sentimental poems nevertheless celebrate the passionate and empathetic subjective life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Lim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324066180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324066187\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 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Sandra Lim","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120890212607,"sku":"9781324066187","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b61df1bf-d556-4c8a-8f28-894048184350.jpg?v=1687416859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-curious-thing-sandra-lim-9781324066187","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}