{"product_id":"parallel-movement-of-the-hands-9780062968869","title":"Parallel Movement of the Hands","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning collection of work from beloved poet John Ashbery, his first posthumous book \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRenowned for his inventive mind, ambitious play with language, and dexterity with a wide range of tones and styles, John Ashbery has been a major artistic figure in the cultural life of our time. \u003cem\u003eParallel Movement of the Hands \u003c\/em\u003egathers unpublished, book-length projects and long poems written between 1993 and 2007, along with one (as yet) undated work, to showcase Ashbery’s diverse and multifaceted artistic obsessions and sources, from children’s literature, cliffhanger cinema reels, silent films, and classical music variations by Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny to the history of early photography. Ashbery even provides a fresh and humorous take on a well-worn parable from the Gospel of Matthew. These works demonstrate that while producing and publishing the shorter, discrete poems often associated with his late car\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524233437527,"sku":"9780062968869","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780062968869.jpg?v=1731855982","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/parallel-movement-of-the-hands-9780062968869","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}