{"product_id":"rotten-days-in-late-summer","title":"Rotten Days In Late Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE  \u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN POLLARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Impressive . . . tender, unflinching''  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is poetry in the grand tradition of annihiliation by desire. It''s what the young are always learning, and the old, if they are wise, never forget''  \u003c\/b\u003eAnne Boyer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Undying\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Brilliant . . . heralds the arrival of a frank and vital poetic voice''\u003c\/b\u003e  Sharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Frank and alert . . . an important voice in British poetry''  \u003c\/b\u003eEley Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Liar''s Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Direct and heart-breaking''  \u003c\/b\u003eAlex Dimitrov, author of \u003ci\u003eLove and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A rare thing . . . razor-sharp''  \u003c\/b\u003eJulia Copus, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRotten Days in Late Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, Ralf Webb turns poetry to an examination of the textures of class, youth, adulthood and death in the working communities of the West Country, from mobile home parks, boyish factory workers and saleswomen kept on the road for days at a time, to the yearnings of young love and the complexities of masculinity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlongside individual poems, three sequences predominate: a series of ''Love Stories'', charting a course through the dreams, lies and salt-baked limbs of multiple relationships; ''Diagnostics'', which tells the story of the death from cancer of the poet''s father; and ''Treetops'', a virtuosic long poem weaving together grief and mental health struggles in an attempt to come to terms with the overwhelming data of a life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world of these poems is close, dangerous, lustrous and difficult: a world in which whole existences are lived in the spin of almost-inescapable fates. In searching for the light within it, this prodigious debut collection announces the arrival of a major new voice in British poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315599155582,"sku":"NW9780141992730","price":9.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141992730.jpg?v=1778702392","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/rotten-days-in-late-summer","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}