{"product_id":"the-wounds-of-faith-michael-robinson-9780645772173","title":"The Wounds of Faith","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Robinson is the winner of the 2009 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize and the 2023 Tom Collins Poetry Prize and was shortlisted for the Tom Collins Poetry Prize in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An x-ray poet, looking beneath and beyond appearance to the reality...Powerful and disturbing...Yet atonement is here as well...This is clarion call poetry, with all its evocative and gritty language.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ian Keast, Studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combines serious social concern with keen perception of both the beauty and the ugliness of the physical world, all presented in a masterfully controlled formal context.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sarah Day and Tim Thorne, Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A well-crafted, tactile poem, that gallops with 'the tides of conflict ebb and roar'; 'And every local skirmish has its long \/ Significance in legends of the deep'; it speaks of 'The ruthless sunlight'; ... 'the river's ripples with fragile fire.' - Pain is felt throughout this poem until it reaches a surprising, poignant end.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Rose Van Son, Tom Collins Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Spoke for generations...finely built, full of pathos.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Peter Bibby, Tom Collins Poetry Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wounds of Faith is Michael Robinson's third collection of poetry. His previous books are\u003cem\u003e The Tiger in the Vineyard\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eThe Music of the Streets \u003c\/em\u003e(2017). A special issue of \u003cem\u003eStudio\u003c\/em\u003e journal devoted to his work, \u003cem\u003eThe Quiet Fire\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0645772178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780645772173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Immortalise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.35d","brand":"Michael Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483613376767,"sku":"9780645772173","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_965b6b46-9291-46c5-a673-21a09dd59b06.jpg?v=1778039576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wounds-of-faith-michael-robinson-9780645772173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}