{"product_id":"plainwater","title":"Plainwater","description":"\u003cb\u003eFROM ANNE CARSON, WINNER OF THE 2026 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstonishingly beautiful poems and essays that stretch the boundaries of language and literary form, while juxtaposing classical and modern traditions\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Carson has . . . created an individual form and style for narrative verse. . . . Seldom has Pound's injunction 'Make It New' been so spectacularly obeyed.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poetry and prose collected in \u003ci\u003ePlainwater\u003c\/i\u003e are a testament to the extraordinary imagination of Anne Carson, a writer described by Michael Ondaatje as \"the most exciting poet writing in English today.\" Carson envisions a present-day interview with a seventh-century BC poet, and offers miniature lectures on topics as varied as orchids and Ovid. She imagines the muse of a fifteenth-century painter attending a phenomenology conference in Italy. She constructs verbal photographs of a series of mysterious towns, and takes us on a pilgrimage in pursuit of the elusive and intimate anthropology of water. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlending the rhythm and vivid metaphor of poetry with the discursive nature of the essay, the writings in \u003ci\u003ePlainwater\u003c\/i\u003e dazzle us with their invention and enlighten us with their erudition.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48841231630541,"sku":"9780375708428","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_91ca0691-a7be-4f3b-9e89-162e4a6bd911.jpg?v=1792025698","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/plainwater","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}