{"product_id":"small-theatres-9780228027928","title":"Small Theatres","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world's \/ face like a \/ picture plane. \/ Its space \/ offered to the \/ eye as a \/ colour might be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these poems, everyday occurrences - an imprint in grass, crumbs in a wrapper, the sound of a thermostat engaging - are opportunities for thinking through close attention. \u003ci\u003eSmall Theatres \u003c\/i\u003eis the latest instalment in Mark Truscott's exploration of our perceptions and feelings of separation from the world around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTruscott has mobilized the materiality of language, pushing it into territories of its own failure. These poems find a haunting, opaque song, as they shift theme and method toward time-based disciplines such as music and drama. \u003ci\u003eSmall Theatres\u003c\/i\u003e looks for meaning in an increasingly meaningless world where simultaneous scarcity and excessive availability are products of mechanisms seemingly beyond our grasp. Marshalling minimalist and objectivist techniques and a relentless attention to the fissures running through each thought and every moment of our lives, these poems give shape to a reality constantly on the verge of collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComposed at home in the quiet of early morning, \u003ci\u003eSmall Theatres \u003c\/i\u003eevokes practices of solitude, domesticity, and sober attentiveness to the seemingly insignificant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Truscott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGill-Queen's University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh MacLennan Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.80w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780228027928","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48405936078985,"sku":"9780228027928","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ddda6329-5437-49c9-b9da-88ce1d6e2c24.jpg?v=1790059718","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/small-theatres-9780228027928","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}