{"product_id":"all-the-flowers-kneeling","title":"All the Flowers Kneeling","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Gorgeous ... intense ... shimmering ... [an] unforgettable collection' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, sensuous and plural ... a vital and visceral collection. Breathtaking' \u003c\/b\u003eJoelle Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eC+nto \u0026amp; Othered Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave ... this striking collection ... articulates the unspeakable from various angles ... often nightmarish and dark, there are moments of shimmering release ... an auspicious debut'\u003c\/b\u003e Seán Hewitt, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] powerful debut ... marshals narrative lyrics and stark beauty' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid ...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esearingly honest, beautifully told depictions of survival and self-love' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A testament to queer self-love ... a monument to [what] persists' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ethem.us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A true masterwork ... an exquisitely crafted labyrinth of a book' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about survival.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eVisceral and astonishing, Paul Tran's debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eAll the Flowers Kneeling\u003c\/i\u003e, charts the rebuilding of a self in the wake of extremity. How, it asks, can we reimagine what we have been given in order to make something new: an identity, a family, a life, a dream? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese rich, resonant poems of desire, freedom, control and rebirth reach back into the past - the tale of Scheherazade, US imperial violence, a shattering history of personal abuse - to show how it both scars and transforms. Innovative poetic forms mirror the nonlinear experiences of trauma survivors, while ambitious sequences probe our systems of knowledge-making and the power of storytelling as survival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once virtuosic and vulnerable, confessional and profoundly defiant, \u003ci\u003eAll the Flowers Kneeling\u003c\/i\u003e revels in rediscovering and reconfiguring the self, and ultimately becomes an essential testament to the human capacities for resilience, endurance and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Random House LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781802060065\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House LLC","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917312868529,"sku":"SB-1802060065-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1802060065.jpg?v=1789687734","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/all-the-flowers-kneeling","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}