{"product_id":"the-world-doesnt-end-a-poetry-collection-9780156983501","title":"The World Doesn't End: A Poetry Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the truly imaginative writers of our time.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou never know what Charles Simic is up to until you reach the end of the line or the bottom of the paragraph. Waiting for you might be a kiss. Or a bludgeon. A smile at the absurdities of society, or a wistful, grim memory of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe puns, pulls pranks. He can be jazzy and streetwise. Or cloak himself in antiquity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Simic has new eyes, and in these wonderful poems and poems-in-prose he lets us see through them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimic, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. He is the author of many books of poetry and prose. Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 and served as the Poet Laureate of the United States in 2007-2008.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50619138834706,"sku":"9780156983501","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f1ae1d3-8df4-4bbc-a121-e9143cd93df5.jpg?v=1732546073","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-doesnt-end-a-poetry-collection-9780156983501","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}