{"product_id":"the-shipwrecked-house-claire-trvien-claire-trvien-9781908058119","title":"The Shipwrecked House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReader's nomination for Guardian First Book Award 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnchors, shipwrecks, whales and islands abound in this first collection by young Anglo-Breton poet Claire Tr騅ien. Tr騅ien's is a surreal vision, steeped in myth and music, in which everything is alive and - like the sea itself - constantly shifting form. Fishermen become owls; a woman turns into a snake, while another gives birth to a tree; a glow-worm might become a wasp or 'a toy on standby'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruck through with brilliant, sometimes sinister imagery reminiscent of \u003cem\u003ePan's Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e or an Angela Carter novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Shipwrecked House\u003c\/em\u003e is a lyrical and hallucinatory debut from a poet featured in Salt's \u003cem\u003eBest British Poetry 2012\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaire Tr騅ien\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Brittany. Her pamphlet \u003cem\u003eLow-Tide Lottery\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Salt in 2011. Her work also appears in the recent anthologies \u003cem\u003eBest British Poetry 2012\u003c\/em\u003e (Salt, 2012) and \u003cem\u003eLung Jazz: Young British Poets for Oxfam\u003c\/em\u003e (Cinnamon, 2012). She is the editor of \u003cem\u003eSabotage Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-organiser of Penning Perfumes, a creative collaboration between poets and perfumers, featured in the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e (June 2012) and the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e (August 2012). She is currently in the fourth year of a PhD at Warwick University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Trevien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1908058110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781908058119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penned in the Margins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Guardian First Book Award - Nominee","brand":"Claire Trevien","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939143745791,"sku":"9781908058119","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_91ed67b7-a0f4-4644-b3a0-2550e83d2a8e.jpg?v=1681439751","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shipwrecked-house-claire-trvien-claire-trvien-9781908058119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}