{"product_id":"reign-of-snakes-paperback-by-robert-wrigley","title":"Reign of Snakes Paperback by Robert Wrigley","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\u003ePenguin Books\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1999-06-01)\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\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780140589191\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144.59\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e22.86 x 15.24 x 0.76\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eDescribed by the late \u003cb\u003eJames Dickey\u003c\/b\u003e as \"one of the finest new poets to come along in years,\" \u003cb\u003eRobert Wrigley\u003c\/b\u003e fulfills that early promise with this, his newest collection. \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e is a book about desire, the soul's desire as much as the body's. As \u003cb\u003eJane Hirshfield\u003c\/b\u003e said of Wrigley's previous book, \u003cb\u003eIn the Bank of Beautiful Sins\u003c\/b\u003e (Penguin, 1995), \"To read it is to unpeel a little further into the human, and into the wideness that holds the human--a splendid gift.\" \u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e takes us to yet another level, deep into the daily devotions, \"where the dark blows a kiss to night.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ea frigid day in February and a full-grownrattlesnake curled to a comma in the middle of   the middle of the just-plowed road. Ice ghost, I think, curve of rock or stubbed-off branch. But the diamonds are there, under a dust of crystals looming, impossible, summer's tattoo, the mythical argyle of evil.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e --from \"\u003cb\u003eReign of Snakes\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eRobert Wrigley is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships. His sixth and most recent book, \u003ci\u003eLives of the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2004 Poets’ Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46551927390369,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780140589191","price":31.35,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780140589191.jpg?v=1781701259","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/reign-of-snakes-paperback-by-robert-wrigley","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}