{"product_id":"river-9780571278756","title":"River","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1983, River celebrates fluvial landscapes, their creatures and their regenerative powers.\u003cbr\u003eInspired by Hughes''s love of fishing and by his environmental activism, the poems are a deftly and passionately\u003cbr\u003eattentive chronicle of change over the course of the seasons. West Country rivers predominate (''The West Dart''\u003cbr\u003eand ''Torridge''), but other poems imagine or recall Japanese rivers or Celtic rivers, and ''The Gulkana'' explores\u003cbr\u003ean ancient Alaskan watercourse. At its core the sequence rehearses, in various settings, from winter to winter,\u003cbr\u003ethe life-cycle of the salmon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll this, too, is stitched into the torn richness,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe epic poise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat holds him so steady in his wounds, so loyal to his doom,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eso patient\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the machinery of heaven.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efrom ''October Salmon''\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865111179607,"sku":"9780571278756","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780571278756.jpg?v=1722273583","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/river-9780571278756","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}