{"product_id":"the-space-of-joy-john-fuller-9780701181109","title":"The Space of Joy","description":"John Fuller contemplates that age-old question of life versus art\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein this powerful, storytelling sequence of poems. Each work recounts the life of a noted author or artist and their fatal prioritization of art over love. It begins with Petrarch, who created great lyric poetry out of an impossible infatuation, and moves through Coleridge's self-induced guilt within domestic happiness, Matthew Arnold's disbelief in mutual love, Brahm's self-delusion, and the complexities of Wallace Stevens's marriage. Magnificently playful and thought-provoking, these poems present the conviction that while art creates beauty, it is life itself that must create the \"space of joy\" that art wishes to celebrate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Fuller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0701181109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780701181109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.41h x 5.48w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Costa Book Awards - Nominee","brand":"John Fuller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48871619264767,"sku":"9780701181109","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-space-of-joy-john-fuller-9780701181109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}