{"product_id":"the-palace-paperback-7","title":"The Palace - 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\u003eAndrés Cerpa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Puerto Rico to mythological forests, The Palace charts a family's journey to build a life and home in a world that is often violent and rife with economic instability, as the speaker must also confront his own turbulent past and strive to imagine new ways forward. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmidst real and imagined landscapes the narrator confronts the specters of his ancestors and ancient gods as the family traverses torn villas and labyrinths. Despite a turbulent history scarred by violence, disenfranchisement, and addiction, a path emerges toward redemption through the speaker's deep engagement with love and the natural world. Still, throughout the speaker grapples with his understanding of change: what can we, and what can't we expect to leave behind in life? What does it mean to move on, to grow?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarked by solitude and inquisition, the poems of\u003cem\u003e The Palace\u003c\/em\u003e note the physical nature of their existence as a vehicle for exploring the spiritual. Featuring recurring motifs of the labyrinth, addiction, fecundity, fragility, and future, Cerpa evokes the sense that one can move on from an environment or way of being in the world, but never from oneself. \u003cem\u003eThe Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament of love and transformation, a journey toward splendor in a despairing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrés Cerpa\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of two previous books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBicycle in a Ransacked City: An Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Vault\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), which was longlisted for a National Book Award and celebrated as one of the best poetry books of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. A recipient of a McDowell fellowship, his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, Poem-a-Day, The Kenyon Review, The Nation, The Rumpus, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. He is an educator and faculty member of the Randolph MFA Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354309345529,"sku":"9781949944877","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Cp8ESf1NnZ9781949944877.webp?v=1769833640","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-palace-paperback-7","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}