{"product_id":"to-the-outermost-stars","title":"To The Outermost Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003eStein Mehren “is one of Norwegian literature’s greatest lyricists, and perhaps its finest love poet. His ground-breaking imagery and use of language are intensified by paradoxical turns of expression… The rhythmical force he creates is at times symphonic and melodious, rising towards the ecstatic, or brief, concise and penetrating… his best work earns him a place among Norway’s leading poets…” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePer Thomas Andersen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorwegian Literary History, Universitetsforlaget\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stein Mehren has been his own school of lyrical poetry within Norwegian poesy… He wrote impassioned poems with philosophical themes, poems that search for identity or that place humanity in a cosmic world picture… Novel metaphors and lucid images whirl through tales that put life in perspective…”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFredrik Wandrup\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDagbladet (29 July 2017)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“My love poems are not solely concerned with love. I use it as a metaphor to portray loss, failure, childhood – the best love poetry is as much about life as about love…” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInterview with Stein Mehren by Stein Kjos \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eat Galleri Haaken \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57310118871422,"sku":"NW9781911469490","price":10.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781911469490.jpg?v=1778581417","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/to-the-outermost-stars","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}