{"product_id":"elegies-9781681379920","title":"Elegies","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe central works of one of France's most renowned poets, now translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmmanuel Hocquard's \u003ci\u003eElegies\u003c\/i\u003e, written over some twenty-five years, lie at the core of his oeuvre, one of the most admired in contemporary French poetry. They sound the depths of the past, finding it ever deeper, and they pose the question: To whom does the past belong? Like air and water, Hocquard suggests, the past is a commons shared by all. His \u003ci\u003eElegies \u003c\/i\u003eare full of quotidian detail--the life of the street and the marketplace, overheard conversations, glimpses of private existence--even as they make room for the ancient world from which the form of the elegy descends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHocquard has distinguished between two types of elegiac poet--what he calls the classic and the inverse. The classic ruminates on the past; the inverse remakes it. Hocquard is an inverse elegiac poet: Rich with the past, his poems lead us into an ever-expanding present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel Hocquard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.70w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379920","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133439205513,"sku":"9781681379920","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ae6b9233-cbf7-4f98-8052-b18ea9b4bf34.jpg?v=1767678761","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/elegies-9781681379920","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}