{"product_id":"troubled-lovers-in-history-albert-goldbarth-9780814250150","title":"Troubled Lovers in History: A Sequence of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroubled Lovers in History\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates an exhilarating range: from the briefest of lyrics to rich and multipartite narrative adventures in exotic realms; from a comic monologue spoken in immigrant \"Yinglish\" to a soulful elegy set in San Antonio's Pearl Beer brewery plant; from Martian invaders, through polar explorers, to all of us busy inflicting \"words with edges\" on those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoldbarth sets his unflinching study of individual hope and grief against the backdrop of history: the travels of Marco Polo; Bertha and Wilhelm Rontgen's discovery of X-rays; an 1800 battle \"twixt Dragon Sam, the great Exhaler of Gouts of Amazing Flame . . . and Liquid Dan, the Living Geyser.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the night stars to the little starring parts we all play every day, \u003ci\u003eTroubled Lovers in History\u003c\/i\u003e takes us into the text of our dreams and despairs, as witnessed by the writer whom Joyce Carol Oates called \"a poet of remarkable gifts--a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Goldbarth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814250157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814250150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.08w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/1999 pg. 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999","brand":"Albert Goldbarth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860110700799,"sku":"9780814250150","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_572973b3-1222-4a99-aac5-22fa99359aaa.jpg?v=1709135422","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troubled-lovers-in-history-albert-goldbarth-9780814250150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}