{"product_id":"the-balcony-by-david-brooks-9780702236693","title":"The Balcony","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning collection by one of Australia's quiet masters of poetry. Robert Adamson said of Brooks' previous collection, \u003cem\u003eUrban Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e, that it contained some of \"the best and most uplifting poetry that I have experienced in years\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Balcony\u003c\/em\u003e is a volume of one hundred love poems in the tradition of Pablo Neruda's \u003cem\u003eThe Captain's Verses\u003c\/em\u003e or Jacques Prévert's \u003cem\u003eParoles\u003c\/em\u003e, but on closer acquaintance becomes so much more. This poetry is by turns erotic, visceral, political, satirical, philosophical and confessional—often all of these at the same time—and is always deeply and unabashedly sensual and lyrical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a manner that has led early readers, pre-publication, to suggest that it marks the arrival of a powerful new style in this country's writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428200890604,"sku":"9780702236693","price":31.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780702236693.jpg?v=1774766966","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-balcony-by-david-brooks-9780702236693","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}