{"product_id":"darwin-9780099547051","title":"Darwin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these extraordinary poems, using multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - Ruth Padel illuminates the development of Darwin''s thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, the naturalist and the tender father, in a powerful tribute to her famous ancestor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2009 Costa Poetry Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExquisite, precise and moving poems... Once I started reading I could not put it down until I had reached the end, and then I turned back for the pleasure of reading again -- Claire Tomalin\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating, very rich book... With sympathy and grace, Padel moves deftly between between science, love and family; between the vast processes of evolution and a personal life -- Sean O'Brien\u003cbr\u003eDaring and exciting, brilliant and subtle, stunning and deeply impressive... a lesson to biographers and poets alike -- Colm Toibin\u003cbr\u003eAmbitious... shows her extraordinary talent * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eMoments of Darwin's life captured with an economy and fluency that prosaic biographers might envy * Spectator *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138092400983,"sku":"9780099547051","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099547051.jpg?v=1751917946","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/darwin-9780099547051","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}