{"product_id":"handwriting-9780375705410","title":"Handwriting","description":"\"Tumultuous, vibrant, tragic and over too soon.\" --\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e is Michael Ondaatje's first new book of poetry since \u003cb\u003eThe Cinnamon Peeler\u003c\/b\u003e. The exquisite poems collected here draw on history, mythology, landscape, and personal memories to weave a rich tapestry of images that reveal the longing for--and expose the anguish over--lost loves, homes, and language, as the poet contemplates scents and gestures and evokes a time when \"handwriting occurred on waves, \/ on leaves, the scripts of smoke\" and remembers a woman's \"laughter with its \/ intake of breath. Uhh huh.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafted with lyrical delicacy and seductive power, \u003cb\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/b\u003e reminds us of Michael Ondaatje's stature as one of the finest poets writing today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Ondaatje is the author of three previous novels, a memoir and eleven books of poetry. His novel \u003cb\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/b\u003e won the Booker Prize. Born in Sri Lanka, he moved to Canada in 1962 and now lives in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503281770770,"sku":"9780375705410","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebfc9b98-a3f6-40ce-9710-adbc6985b1c5.jpg?v=1730787263","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/handwriting-9780375705410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}