{"product_id":"urban-myths-john-tranter-9780702235573","title":"Urban Myths: 210 Poems: New \u0026 Selected","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner 2006 CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry (Victorian Premier's Literary Awards)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrban Myths: 210 Poems\u003c\/i\u003e brings the best work to date from a poet considered one of the most original of his generation in Australia, together with a generous selection of new work. Smart, wry and very stylish, John Tranter's poems investigate the vagaries of perception and the ability of language to converge life, imagination and art so that we arrive, unexpectedly, at the deepest human mysteries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJUDGES REPORT - Victorian Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new and uncollected poems in John Tranter's \u003ci\u003eUrban Myths\u003c\/i\u003e make a significant addition to his oeuvre. Control and ease are evident in the writing, which displays personages, occasions and moods of the metropolitan modern world. Tranter's latest poems refresh through the exercise of urbane skills: this is a poet suave and playful, but never aloof; linguistically various, assured in style, and never less than fully attentive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Tranter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0702235571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780702235573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Queensland Pr (Australia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.77h x 5.50w x 0.82d","brand":"John Tranter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483638575359,"sku":"9780702235573","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94ca4a8b-37cc-4b7c-9e34-cc610c929cd4.jpg?v=1778039699","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-myths-john-tranter-9780702235573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}