{"product_id":"the-revolver-in-the-hive-nicolas-hundley-9780823250875","title":"The Revolver in the Hive","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Revolver in the Hive takes place in the aftermath of tragedy, where grief is recognizable but contorted into unsettling forms. In this remarkable debut, Nicolas Hundley's poems chronicle with honesty--and often bitter humor--a harrowing journey through loss, death, and mourning. A widow \"hauls a sack filled with the\u003cbr\u003elimbs of statues,\" and mourners become \"familiar as a pet is familiar, returning years later, \/ stitched up from experimentation.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJuxtaposing such incongruous images, Hundley creates uncanny worlds in which antiquated objects and characters coexist with those from a sinister future, in which wound-dressers and alchemists coexist alongside \"heretical machines enacting misdeeds.\" Religion, fatherhood, and masculinity are all explored in Hundley's tales: A bicycle becomes the subject of worship, inventors act as parents to their machines, and an industrialized human reproduction takes place in factories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Hundley's hands, words clang together in startling ways, and the repetition of phrases and images leads to unexpected transformations. The poems brilliantly use dream logic to fuel their imagery, even as they call upon a variety of poetic forms--from the prose poem to the sonnet--to evoke literary traditions that recall the gothic\u003cbr\u003eand the surreal. Moving and strange, Hundley's poems are unforgettable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicolas Hundley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823250873\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823250875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Nicolas Hundley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48483719971071,"sku":"9780823250875","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1dcf8bba-fca6-438c-8bfe-571588ee5364.jpg?v=1778040215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-revolver-in-the-hive-nicolas-hundley-9780823250875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}