{"product_id":"shadow-reader-9781780377094","title":"Shadow Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully illustrated in Imtiaz Dharker's distinctive style, \u003cem\u003eShadow Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is a radiant criss-cross of encounters, messages and earthy Punjabi proverbs, shot through with the dark thread of an unwelcome prophecy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImtiaz Dharker's new collection pays attention to wilful erasures, exclusions and also to places of sanctuary. This is poetry as music, as momentum, as the texture and taste of languages, joyously sensuous and rich in images. While it acknowledges the everyday and its shadows, it is also an irreverent, playful celebration of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDharker's main themes, drawn from a life of transitions, are explored with new depth: childhood, exile, journeying, home, displacement, religious strife and terror, and latterly, grief. An accomplished visual artist, the collection includes many of her drawings, which form an integral part of the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImtiaz Dharker\u003c\/b\u003e grew up a Muslim Calvinist in a Lahori household in Glasgow, was adopted by India and married into Wales. She is an accomplished artist and documentary film-maker, and has published six books with Bloodaxe, \u003cem\u003ePostcards from god\u003c\/em\u003e (including \u003cem\u003ePurdah\u003c\/em\u003e) (1997), \u003cem\u003eI Speak for the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eThe terrorist at my table\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), \u003cem\u003eLeaving Fingerprints\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), \u003cem\u003eOver the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) and \u003cem\u003eLuck Is the Hook\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). She was awarded The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2014, presented to her by The Queen in spring 2015, and has also received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2019 she was appointed Chancellor of Newcastle University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919116767506,"sku":"9781780377094","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4aa655b8-6fd3-4ff5-9b24-941be5cd1fee.jpg?v=1738887367","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shadow-reader-9781780377094","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}