{"product_id":"far-district-poems-9780374604820","title":"Far District: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvelous book of generous, giving poems.\" --Yusef Komunyakaa, author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Mojo Songs of Earth \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar District\u003c\/i\u003e, the transporting debut by the author of \u003ci\u003eHouse of Lords and Commons\u003c\/i\u003e, charts the spiritual path of a poet-speaker caught between two spheres: the culture of bush people and a luminous, dangerous sea of myth. Crafting an impressionistic portrait of his youth in Jamaica, Ishion Hutchinson explores the West Indian distrust of European literature and mythology. The speaker fears the land of myth because he is loyal to the bush people, but he also desires to transcend his physical and intellectual poverty. Little by little, the two cultures come together as the speaker begins grafting childhood memories onto the realm of imagination, shaped by art, music, literature, and new glimpses of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in both traditional and formless verse, as well as in English and Jamaican patois, \u003ci\u003eFar District \u003c\/i\u003eis an indelible, urgent collection. As the PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award committee said of its 2011 winner, \"\u003ci\u003eFar District\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic, which is to say a rare and exemplary first book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ishion Hutchinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.2lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374604820","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43111808893065,"sku":"9780374604820","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4bc0ab4e-ea1e-437f-8e09-97a877db93d1.jpg?v=1730795464","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/far-district-poems-9780374604820","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}