{"product_id":"shining-sheep-poems-9781803092522","title":"Shining Sheep: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of vital, melancholic, elemental, and vibrantly contemporary poems. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the beginning, was the light, or was it the Lumières? In Ulrike Almut Sandig's latest volume of poetry, it is only a leap from the creation of the world to the symphony of the Berlin metropolis. And there is a question holding out off the coast of Lampedusa: Can shining sheep be used as night storage for the dark hours, when we are overwhelmed with fears of God, of a gym teacher with a whistle, of mothers with eyes as black as coal? In devastating sequences, Sandig charts the reality of an abused child, victims of contemporary war, or a fourteenth-century Madonna. Full of humor, musicality, lightness, and rage, \u003ci\u003e Shining Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e is not just visual poetry--it has loops in your ear and filmic explosions of imagery for all your senses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUlrike Almut Sandig\u003c\/b\u003e has written five volumes of poetry, along with short stories and a novel \u003ci\u003eMonsters Like Us\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Seagull. She often works with filmmakers, sound artists, and musicians, including especially her poetry-band Landschaft. \u003cb\u003eKaren Leeder\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, critic, and prize-winning translator of contemporary German literature including work by Durs Gr?nbein, Volker Braun, Michael Kr?ger, Evelyn Schlag, and Raoul Schrott. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928822518034,"sku":"9781803092522","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9ca9fb9b-3c87-4330-8591-48b8c6f4e16c.jpg?v=1739017870","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shining-sheep-poems-9781803092522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}