{"product_id":"ziggurat-peter-balakian-9780226035642","title":"Ziggurat","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his first book of poems since his highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eJune-tree\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Balakian continues to define himself as one of the most distinctive voices of his generation. Exploring history, self, and imagination, as well as his ongoing concerns with catastrophe and trauma, many of Balakian's new poems wrestle with the aftermath and reverberations of 9\/11. Whether reliving the building of the World Trade Towers in the inventive forty-three-section poem that anchors the book, walking the ruins of the Bosnian National Library in Sarajevo, meditating on Andy Warhol's silk screens, or considering the confluence of music, language, and memory, Balakian continues his meditations on history, as well as on the harshness and beauty of contemporary life, that his readers have enjoyed over the years. In sensual, layered, and sometimes elliptical language, Balakian in \u003ci\u003eZiggurat\u003c\/i\u003e explores absence, war, love, and art in a new age of American uncertainty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Balakian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226035646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226035642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.54w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2010 pg. 84","brand":"Peter Balakian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086388900095,"sku":"9780226035642","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4272c98-d310-478f-bb2f-c0ae38967173.jpg?v=1769094395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ziggurat-peter-balakian-9780226035642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}