{"product_id":"the-river-and-the-black-james-sutherland-smith-9781848615830","title":"The River and the Black Cat","description":"\u003cp\u003eSixty-four improvisations, whose principle motifs are a stretch of a small river in Central Europe and a once feral black cat, navigate the language that we inhabit and that inhabits us. Three philosophers or the three musketeers, Boris Karloff, Li Bai and an Indian companion, among others, ghost in and out of poems ordered according to the progress of the seasons. Their moods and perspectives range from the inconsequential and paradoxical to the melancholic and erotic. Almost all the poems are in some measure love poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Later the sky will be a light blue yearning\u003cbr\u003e for the transcendence to which the river whispers. \u003cbr\u003e I kiss your throat. \u003cbr\u003e The black cat chases herself up and down the stairs. \u003cbr\u003e Shall we get up, shower and dress \u003cbr\u003e or otherwise, nakedness being no constraint \u003cbr\u003e on the best or worst we can do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Sutherland-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848615833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848615830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.18d","brand":"James Sutherland-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419573862655,"sku":"9781848615830","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_554370dd-93b8-428d-930a-5f108be74791.jpg?v=1761512453","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-river-and-the-black-james-sutherland-smith-9781848615830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}