{"product_id":"the-shores-of-vaikus-philip-gross-9781780377179","title":"The Shores of Vaikus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this edgy homage to Estonia, the country of his refugee father's birth, T S Eliot Prizewinner Philip Gross continues to develop the subtle conversation between words and silence that is at the core of his poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this collection's heart, the shapeshifting prose-poem monologues of this book's central sequence, \u003cem\u003eEvi And The Devil, \u003c\/em\u003eweave a haunted landscape out of folktale, dark humour, the routine atrocities of history and a vividly present sense of place. The island of Vaikus (one of several words for silence in Estonian) is Estonia condensed, refracted in the dark waters of a bog pool. The voice that speaks with such compelling otherness is a channelling of a culture and a disposition often drowned out in successive occupations by the empires of the day, but always alive, and whispering. The resulting book is both a bold departure and a drawing together of the whole range of a writing life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780377177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Philip Gross","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250614718719,"sku":"9781780377179","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eecdd258-bb7b-4eeb-9878-4cbc359b5380.jpg?v=1729600877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shores-of-vaikus-philip-gross-9781780377179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}