{"product_id":"the-collected-poems-9781946328366","title":"The Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1982, \u003cem\u003eIn rima e senza\u003c\/em\u003e brought together all the poetry Giorgio Bassani wished to preserve. \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e offers anglophone readers for the first time the opportunity to experience his full poetic range. Not only do Bassani's early poems foreshadow key themes of the fiction, such as his classic \u003cem\u003eThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis\u003c\/em\u003e, but his later free verse scrutinizes with a startling directness the life and work of this major Italian writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everything is connected in Giorgio Bassani's work, everything articulated through the first verses in \u003cem\u003ePoor Lovers' Stories\u003c\/em\u003e to the last in \u003cem\u003eEpitaph\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Great Secret\u003c\/em\u003e and through his entire lyrical and narrative production. And yet, there are twists, major fractures, starting with perhaps the most critical and poignant of all, the author's last production in verse, in which Bassani most likely reaches the apex of his artistic expression [...] Welcome back to life, dear Father, welcome back among us!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Paola Bassani, from the Foreword \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Agincourt Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50916121739538,"sku":"9781946328366","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_086ff600-03d9-4adf-bf45-af4c930d4f37.jpg?v=1738839868","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-collected-poems-9781946328366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}