{"product_id":"dead-mans-float-9781556595424","title":"Dead Man's Float","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBracingly candid, gracefully elegiac, tough, and passionate, Harrison travels the deep river of the spirit. \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Jim Harrison] is still close to the source.  . . . \u003cem\u003eDead Man's Float\u003c\/em\u003e is, as its title would suggest, a flinty and psalmist look at mortality and wonder.  \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo months after the hardback publication of \u003cem\u003eDead Man's Float\u003c\/em\u003e, Jim Harrison was found dead in his home office. Harrison always thought he would die young, and when he didn't he became increasingly preoccupied with time. As old age proved to be a harrowing trial, Harrison titled his book after a survival technique used by swimmers during an exhausting journey. This paperback edition includes the poem Harrison was writing at the time of his death, published here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Bridge:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e. . . Sometimes  the sea roars and howls like \u003cbr\u003ethe animal it is, a continent wide and alive. \u003cbr\u003eWhat beauty in this the darkest music\u003cbr\u003eover which you can hear the lightest music of human\u003cbr\u003ebehavior, the tender connection between men and galaxies . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJim Harrison \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the author of over thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. His books have been translated into two dozen languages, and in 2007 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359613845847,"sku":"9781556595424","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556595424.jpg?v=1754125184","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dead-mans-float-9781556595424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}