{"product_id":"scale-2","title":"Scale","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWhite Review\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the volcano's edge, in exilic space, at the bottom of the Arctic Sea, or in the acid clouds of Venus, Mina Gorji's \u003ci\u003eScale \u003c\/i\u003etraces\n life at its limits. The poems range across scales of distance, \ntemperature and time, from vast to minute, glacial to volcanic, \nPleistocene to present day, constellation to millipede. Adapting to the \ncold of a new continent opens a chromatic investigation of feeling. \nShifting between scales, from insect to ancient star, Scale explores the\n forms, conditions and frequencies of survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScale \u003c\/i\u003ebuilds on the considerable achievement of Gorji's first book, \u003ci\u003eArt of Escape\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). When it was selected for the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph \u003c\/i\u003ePoetry\n Book of the Month, Tristram Fane Saunders wrote about the 'incisive \nclarity' of Gorji's work, calling one poem 'perfection in miniature'. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorji's\n poems feed into current ecological concerns, but in no conventional or \nclichéd way. Marina Warner described her poems as 'building a place of \nsafety – for herself, her family, her readers, and all those who are \nwandering and uprooted; her poetic methods take their cue from the many \nmarvellous creatures she evokes and the multiple protective measures \nthey adopt – nests, camouflage, mimicry, display. Above all, language \ncan help create shelter.'","brand":"Carcanet Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40056158552147,"sku":"","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781800172142.jpg?v=1765118742","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/scale-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}