{"product_id":"the-river-in-the-sky-clive-james-9781631494734","title":"The River in the Sky: A Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Few people read Poetry any more, but I still wish to write its seedlings down, if only for the lull of gathering: no less a harvest season for being the last time,\" writes Clive James in his epic poem, \u003cem\u003eThe River in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e. What emerges from this lamentation is a soaring epic of exceptional depth and overwhelming feeling, all the more extraordinary given its appearance in an age when the heroic poem seems to have disappeared from contemporary literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong James's many talents is his uncanny ability to juxtapose references to early twentieth-century poets with \"offbeat humor and flyaway cultural observations\" (Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e), or allusions to the adagio of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony contrasted with references to \"YouTube's vast cosmopolis.\" Whether recalling his Australian childhood or his father's \"clean white headstone\" in a Hong Kong cemetery, James's autobiographical epic ultimately helps us define the meaning of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clive James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631494732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631494734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018 pg. 11","brand":"Clive James","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519029850367,"sku":"9781631494734","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d32237d-7fce-440d-9f3c-2d005c57f3b5.jpg?v=1778736565","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-river-in-the-sky-clive-james-9781631494734","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}