{"title":"Nathanael O'Reilly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathanael O'Reilly\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary arts and culture, weaving insight and sensitivity through his prose. His works, such as \u003cem\u003ePreparations for Departure\u003c\/em\u003e, invite readers into thoughtful reflections on creativity and the human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a nuanced voice, O'Reilly’s writing appeals to those who appreciate literature that challenges and illuminates. His books resonate with readers seeking depth and meaning within the evolving landscape of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"preparations-for-departure-by-nathanael-oreilly-9781742589459","title":"Preparations for Departure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Joseph Brodsky, the Russian Nobel laureate, once remarked that memory and art have in common the 'ability to select, a taste for detail.' In the work of Nathanael O'Reilly, memory and art come together to bring us poems that remember what cannot - what must not - be forgotten, in rich and telling detail and with a taste for quiet but incisive irony.\" \u003cem\u003e~ Paul Kane\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in this transnational, cosmopolitan collection traverse fourteen countries, from Australia, the poet's homeland, to the United States, his place of residence, making stops in ancestral homelands Ireland and England, passing through continental Europe and the Middle East. O'Reilly's poetry continually crosses both visible and invisible borders, excavating landscapes and the local, belonging and unbelonging, cross-cultural exchanges, expatriation, globalisation, exile, identity, youth, loss, relationships, ageing, and death. The speakers in the poems are often in motion or making preparations for departure, unwilling and unable to remain static, always eager to explore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNathanael O'Reilly's\u003c\/em\u003e poems sound the major themes of Australian poetry: landscape, displacement, yearning, and above all a critique of cultural narrowness. O'Reilly's plain-spoken diction is often laced with understated wit, but is given ballast by its principled grounding in lived experience.\" \u003cem\u003e~ Nicholas Birns\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932385657068,"sku":"9781742589459","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781742589459-preparations-for-departure.jpg?v=1783861470"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/nathanael-oreilly.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}