{"product_id":"david-harsent-loss-2020-hardback","title":"David Harsent: Loss [2020] hardback","description":"NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe city never sleeps.            Silence would weaken it. \u003cbr\u003eWhen all else fails it talks to itself     seamless thrum of \u003cbr\u003emachinery           dark undertone. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 00:00 and the full of the night yet to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man sits at a window through the dead hours of night, his sleep broken by troubling dreams of a figure in a white landscape. This fragmentary vigil anchors a series of narrative sections in which a dramatic voice - which might well be an interior monologue - gives, first, an account of the man, then addresses him directly. We learn of a conflicted childhood, of love lost to circumstance, of the press of death on the protagonist's waking thoughts. He is a man afflicted by personal loss, but also a man of his time, all too aware of the troubled world in which he lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this powerful sequence, David Harsent's breathtaking formal skills are always in evidence. Intense, lyrical and passionate, Loss makes for enthralling reading.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A master of the human drama.' John Burnside","brand":"Harsent, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51260224471379,"sku":"9780571290550","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51260224438611,"sku":"XV80571290550","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/harsent-david-david-harsent-loss-2020-hardback-1175192513.jpg?v=1750879284","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/david-harsent-loss-2020-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}