{"product_id":"birds-and-fish-by-robert-adamson-9780645536904","title":"Birds and Fish","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe final collection from the award-winning \u003cem\u003epoet of the Hawkesbury River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the old days I used to think art\u003cbr\u003e\nThat was purely imagined could fly higher\u003cbr\u003e\nThan anything real. Now I feel a small fluttering\u003cbr\u003e\nBird in my own pulse, a connection to the sky.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e-from 'The Kingfisher's Soul'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the last year of his life, with the help of friend and poet Devin Johnston, Robert Adamson put together a selection of his writings on the natural world. \u003cem\u003eBirds and Fish\u003c\/em\u003e defines the presences in his life on the Hawkesbury River and includes excerpts from his autobiography, \u003cem\u003eInside Out\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as essays written over the years for \u003cem\u003eFishing World\u003c\/em\u003e; some prose poems; and journal excerpts related to his bowerbird Spinoza. Adamson's prose is vivid, precise, and draws on his life on the river and his poetic sensibility. The final book will include selected black and white photographs by Adamson's partner Juno Gemes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Adamson is as deft and resourceful a craftsman as exists, and his poems move with a clarity and ease I find unique.' - Robert Creeley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Robert Adamson is one of Australia's national treasures.' - John Ashbery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076265132268,"sku":"9780645536904","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22814613482417.jpg?v=1765194059","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/birds-and-fish-by-robert-adamson-9780645536904","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}