{"product_id":"9781776712304","title":"Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFunerals happen. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou walk past one \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand call it a Tuesday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eafternoon; the sun \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ecomes down. This \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis how it happens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA crowd gathers like black water, the mind forgets the mind, memories come knocking in the hallway, a pair of hands perfect the moon: \u003cem\u003ePortrait\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut poetry collection by Jackson McCarthy. Desire, time, vision, beauty, and solitude count among this collection’s obsessions — obsessions rendered with such close-up intensity that even Death seems to reverse or suspend its trajectory. Interrupting this lyrical streak, we hear from a narrator whose tragicomic dedication to art over life results in fraught, surreal misunderstandings of the world around him. \u003cem\u003ePortrait\u003c\/em\u003e, too, is invested in its own artfulness. Playing with layers of voice and identity, these poems appear to paint portraits of their subjects — but do so blending observation with invention, memory with deep fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auckland University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65533994565981,"sku":null,"price":12.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781776712304.jpg?v=1788901018","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781776712304","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}