{"product_id":"9781877372308","title":"The Joy of a Ming Vase","description":"As American critic Tom Disch quipped of many vintage poets: 'friends and pets die, the garden takes on a new significance.' There are poems in this collection about Dutch Masters, the remembered voice of a deceased soprano, a waterfall, ancient Chinese artefacts, victims of the World Wars, kites and flowers; but each piece is sensitively imbued not only with the poet's awareness of impending death but also with the incorrigible fragility of life. While Dallas is at home in a number of different modes, her high regard for literary tradition as a form of spiritual realism makes her eminently readable as a disciplined watcher of the seasons.","brand":"Otago University Press (NZ)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65440600916317,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781877372308.jpg?v=1789074860","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781877372308","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}