{"product_id":"gods-silence-9780375710810","title":"Gods Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this luminous new collection of poems, Franz Wright expands on the spiritual joy he found in his Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eWalking to Martha’s Vineyard\u003c\/i\u003e. Wright, whom we know as a poet of exquisite miniatures, opens \u003ci\u003eGod’s Silence\u003c\/i\u003e with “East Boston, 1996,” a powerful long poem that looks back at the darker moments in the formation of his sensibility. He shares his private rules for bus riding (“No eye contact: the eyes of the terrified \/ terrify”), and recalls, among other experiences, his first encounter with a shotgun, as an eight-year-old boy (“In a clearing in the cornstalks . . . it was suggested \/ that I fire \/ on that muttering family of crows”).  Throughout this volume, Wright continues his penetrating study of his own and our collective soul. He reaches a new level of acceptance as he intones the paradox “I have heard God’s silence like the sun,” and  marvels at our presumptions:We speak of Heaven wh","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862582002007,"sku":"9780375710810","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780375710810.jpg?v=1759918185","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gods-silence-9780375710810","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}