{"product_id":"five-fifty-five-paperback-1","title":"Five Fifty-Five - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaura Dooley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive Fifty-Five\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of quizzical poems concerned with time and mortality which ask fundamental questions about our lives, such as \u003ci\u003eWhere have you gone?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho were you anyway? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn her first new collection since \u003ci\u003eThe Silvering\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), Maura Dooley tries to find out through conversations with, among others, Louisa M. Alcott, Hokusai, Jane Austen, Buzz Aldrin, Anne Tyler and the Great Uncle and Grandfather she never knew. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are poems, too, about the difficulties and responsibilities of translation, both from the written word and in interpreting what is left unspoken in different kinds of absence; empty streams, bare trees, the loss of friends. Yet these are poems that find and try to offer consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaura Dooley\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Truro, grew up in Bristol, worked for some years in Yorkshire, and has lived in London for the past 25 years. She is a freelance writer and lectures at Goldsmiths' College. Several of her previous Bloodaxe collections have been Poetry Book Society Recommendations. \u003ci\u003eKissing a Bone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife Under Water \u003c\/i\u003ewere both shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. She received a Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors in 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 5.35 x 8.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47350803235065,"sku":"9781780376578","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Z1Z4L0s4L0MzUGZaeFBMTGxvL240dz09_7f3c570f-ac01-41f7-a2b9-81a80d588edf.webp?v=1769790288","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/five-fifty-five-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}