{"product_id":"country-of-light-9781556592058","title":"Country of Light","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Stroud was all but unknown when, in 1998, \u003ci\u003eBelow Cold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e appeared. As reviewers took note of this gorgeous book by a reclusive poet, Stroud’s poems found a larger audience: Garrison Keillor read them on NPR and his poems were reprinted in \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. The sentiment shared by readers and booksellers was one of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Joseph Stroud’s new book, his poetic imagination infuses landscapes, hard travel, and commonplace objects. Whether trekking through Mexico or Vietnam, living in the High Sierras, or “painting paradise” in the voice of Renaissance painter Giotto, Stroud’s lyrics, prose poems, elegies, and odes articulate a journey of uncommon attention and startling perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Stroud lives near Santa Cruz, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359609848151,"sku":"9781556592058","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556592058.jpg?v=1754125170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/country-of-light-9781556592058","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}