{"product_id":"the-empire-of-forgetting-by-john-burnside-9781787334557","title":"The Empire of Forgetting","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Burnside's last collection of new poems gathers around a single theme—mortality—to create a powerfully moving exploration of memory, forgetting, and the seven ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A master of language'\u003c\/em\u003e HILARY MANTEL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Burnside's last collection of new poems gathers around a single theme—mortality—and draws on his faltering health and earlier glances with death, creating a powerfully moving exploration of memory, forgetting, and the seven ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, as always, there is a clear-eyed curiosity; a sense of wonder at the beleaguered natural world and its endless mutability—its hidden beauty, often suddenly disclosed—and a deep faith in its old gods. Burnside was always as much a spirit-guide as a poet, and here, in \u003cem\u003eThe Empire of Forgetting\u003c\/em\u003e, we are never far from a fresh alertness to the world, to epiphany—a sudden, spiritual manifestation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a sense, too, in these last poems, of a man having found a 'dwelling place'—a sense of rest and peace and settlement with the world. A state of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Among the best writers of his generation, fully voiced and perfectly pitched... He now leaves behind a body of work that will only grow stronger as new generations discover it'\u003c\/em\u003e ANDREW O’HAGAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A titan of literature... His passing leaves a gap not only in our literature, but in our ability to exist in the world. He increased the possible ways of our being'\u003c\/em\u003e KATHLEEN JAMIE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549138800876,"sku":"9781787334557","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781787334557.jpg?v=1750032164","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-empire-of-forgetting-by-john-burnside-9781787334557","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}