{"product_id":"afterburn-paperback-by-blake-morrison","title":"Afterburn Paperback by Blake Morrison","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eChatto \u0026amp; Windus\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-02-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e80\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781784746032\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e113.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e21.59 x 13.46 x 0.89\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lucid, tender and humane . . . One of the most formally agile and compassionate poets of our age’ Fiona Benson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere you are, on the balcony,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe sea serenading you,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe sun with its armful of light.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e, Blake Morrison returns to poetry, his first calling, to offers scenes from his own life and the lives of others. In psychology, 'afterburn' refers to the time before a past event is assimilated – an idea that resonates through these poems (which themselves linger after reading) about memory and our attempts to articulate, shape or contain it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThroughout the collection, not least in two extraordinary sequences – one about his sister, the other about Elizabeth Bishop – the poet sees with new eyes the turning points in a life's accidental course. What holds his wise, touching, melancholy yet joyful poems together are the small intimacies that bind us to others, under time’s lengthening shadow: ‘you moved too fast for me to catch you \/ and so did the years.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlayful and charming, sometimes rakishly so, \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e nevertheless reveals an open, and vulnerable, heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Distils the insights of a seasoned memoirist into images that linger long after the final page' Julia Copus\u003cbr\u003e'A master of the sonnet . . . I’m taking \u003ci\u003eAfterburn\u003c\/i\u003e to my desert island' Hugo Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eBorn in Skipton, Yorkshire, \u003cb\u003eBlake Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of bestselling memoirs, \u003ci\u003eAnd When Did You Last See Your Father?\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and the \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Non-Fiction) and \u003ci\u003eThings My Mother Never Told Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry collections include \u003ci\u003eDark Glasses\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Dylan Thomas and Somerset Maugham prizes, \u003ci\u003ePendle Witches\u003c\/i\u003e, which was illustrated by Paula Rego, and \u003ci\u003eShingle Street\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a novelist, critic, journalist and librettist. He lives in South London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45922410168481,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781784746032","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781784746032.jpg?v=1776187009","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/afterburn-paperback-by-blake-morrison","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}