{"product_id":"hands-washing-water-9781556592478","title":"Hands Washing Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Chris Abani’s poetry resonates with a devastating beauty which cuts through to the heart of human strength.”—\u003ci\u003ePride\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHands Washing Water\u003c\/i\u003e is Chris Abani''s fourth poetry collection—a mischievous book of displacement, exile, ancestry, and subversive humor. The central section, “Buffalo Women,” is a Civil War correspondence between lovers that plays on our assumptions about war, gender, morality, and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSweetest Henri,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI know we promised to be honest,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eone to the other, but your recent missive,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ethough welcome as any epistle from you,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efilled me with a dread that clung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003elike dampness to wet wood. I am terrified\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003efor your immortal soul, dear sweet Henri.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis mad war of Lincoln is infecting you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith a sickness too depraved to even address. . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbani’s writing is ruthless, at times traumatic, and consistently filled with surprising twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359610143063,"sku":"9781556592478","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556592478.jpg?v=1754125170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hands-washing-water-9781556592478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}