{"product_id":"martinez-de-las-rivas-t-black-sun-9780571333790","title":"Martinez de las Rivas T Black Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eToby Martinez de las Rivas is regarded as one of the most distinctive voices to have emerged in recent times; to some, a modern-day William Blake. The \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e described \u003ci\u003eTerror\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book, as visionary' and exciting', the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e as remarkable', and all combined to praise its brave and lucid intensity. \u003ci\u003eBlack Sun \u003c\/i\u003eis a sequel of poise and clarity that is, if anything, more open and accessible than its predecessor. Beginning where \u003ci\u003eTerror \u003c\/i\u003eleft off, it pursues that book's fascination with history and with theology, with the physical body and the body of the State, with preservation and redemption. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Sun\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the dark dreams and hidden powers of this world, and, through the poet's attentive watching and wondering, offers its readers a way to know  \u0026amp; still to resist a last despair'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A lucid and spontaneous lyricism . . . how unlike most of his contemporaries Martinez de las Rivas seems to be.'' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403114488151,"sku":"9780571333790","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571333790.jpg?v=1730482454","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/martinez-de-las-rivas-t-black-sun-9780571333790","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}