{"product_id":"9780571268559","title":"Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? : 'So marvellous that it often stops one in one's tracks.' OBSERVER","description":"\u003cp\u003eMatthew Arnold praised the Iliad  for its 'nobility', as has everyone ever since -- but ancient critics  praised it for its enargeia, its 'bright unbearable reality' (the  word used when gods come to earth not in disguise but as themselves).  To retrieve the poem's energy, Alice Oswald has stripped away its story,  and her account focuses by turns on Homer's extended similes and on the  brief 'biographies' of the minor war-dead, most of whom are little more  than names, but each of whom lives and dies unforgettably - and  unforgotten - in the copiousness of Homer's glance. 'The Iliad  is an oral poem. This translation presents it as an attempt - in the  aftermath of the Trojan War - to remember people's names and lives  without the use of writing. I hope it will have its own coherence as a  series of memories and similes laid side by side: an antiphonal account  of man in his world... compatible with the spirit of oral poetry, which  was never stable but always adapting itself to a new audience, as if its  language, unlike written language, was still alive and kicking.' -  Alice Oswald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product__accordion accordion quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdetails id=\"Details-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003csummary role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"summary__title\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003ch2 class=\"h4 accordion__title inline-richtext\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProduct Information\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csvg class=\"icon icon-caret\" viewbox=\"0 0 10 6\"\u003e\u003cpath fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M9.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708 0L5 4.293 1.354.646a.5.5 0 0 0-.708.708l4 4a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l4-4a.5.5 0 0 0 0-.708\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\r\n\t\t\u003c\/summary\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte\" id=\"ProductAccordion-collapsible_tab_dDVEeR-template--25151688147283__main\"\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"metafield-multi_line_text_field\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Oswald\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDate of Publication:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePagination:\u003c\/b\u003e 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e N\/A\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eImprint:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublished By:\u003c\/b\u003e FABER \u0026amp; FABER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Classification:\u003c\/b\u003e Poetry by individual poets\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 198 x 130 x 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eISBN13\/EAN\/SKU:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571274185\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\t\u003c\/details\u003e\r\n\t\t\t\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alice Oswald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55535747858818,"sku":"9780571268559","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780571268559.jpg?v=1758374573","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.info\/products\/9780571268559","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}