{"product_id":"omeros-9780374523503","title":"Omeros","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e is the grand epic poem told in multiple chapters from Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith circular narrative design, titled with the Greek name for Homer, \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e simultaneously charts two currents of history: the visible history charted in events--the tribal losses of the American Indian, the tragedy of African enslavement--and the interior, unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the great poems of our time.\" --\u003ci\u003eJohn Lucas, New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott\u003c\/b\u003e was born in St. Lucia in 1930. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems: 1948-1984\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1986; his subsequent works include the book-length poem \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e (1990), \u003ci\u003eThe Bounty\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and \u003ci\u003eTiepolo's Hound\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), illustrated with the poet's own paintings. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610548736274,"sku":"9780374523503","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cc33b78d-b47c-4949-9959-cc5a3de9611e.jpg?v=1732344844","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/omeros-9780374523503","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}