{"product_id":"the-readiness","title":"Alan Gills: The Readiness [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlan Gillis - one of the most admired Irish poets of his generation -  addresses some of the most pressing concerns of the age: how can we live at the centre of our contemporary paradox, disconnected and hyper-connected as we are? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poet of thresholds and crossings, Gillis finds his answers in the suburbs and edgelands, at the hesitation before the doorstep or the gate. \u003ci\u003eThe Readiness\u003c\/i\u003e sites itself at the heart of our human contradictions, and explores their meaning. These poems form a series of bad dreams and clear visions that speak to the chaos and fragility of both self and society: the childhood innocence that persists into the resignation of adulthood; the beauty of nature in an age of environmental ruin; the terrible isolation of contemporary life - and the live-streamed, advert-laden over-wiring that springs from its digital commons. It does this with a formal confidence, a dry wit and often astonishing lyricism that marks Gillis as one of the most individual and vital poetic voices now at work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gills, Alan","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44628838613282,"sku":"9781529037661","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/gills-alan-the-readiness-9781529037661-40799950569762.jpg?v=1678301979","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/the-readiness","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}