{"product_id":"music-for-the-dead-and-resurrected-poems-paperback-1","title":"Music for the Dead and Resurrected: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValzhyna Mort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GRIFFIN PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST POETRY BOOKS OF 2020 BY \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn her book of letters to the dead, the prize-winning poet Valzhyna Mort relearns how to mourn those erased by violent history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith shocking, unforgettable lyric force, Valzhyna Mort's \u003ci\u003eMusic for the Dead and Resurrected\u003c\/i\u003e confronts the legacy of violent death in one family in Belarus. In these letters to the dead, the poet asks: How do we mourn after a century of propaganda? Can private stories challenge the collective power of Soviet and American historical mythology? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMort traces a route of devastation from the Chernobyl fallout and a school system controlled by ideology to the Soviet labor camps and the massacres of World War II. While musical form serves as a safe house for the poet's voice, old trees speak to her as the only remaining witnesses, hosts to both radiation and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eValzhyna Mort, born in Belarus and now living in the United States, conjures a searing, hallucinogenic ritual of rhythmic remembrance in a world where appeals to virtue and justice have irrevocably failed.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 8.27 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47580661448925,"sku":"9780374603243","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/WCsrdytUbXhjTnBUR0h4c2h4TlJ5QT09_f1ed7cdc-eee3-43f6-8a34-407e4f63d0f1.webp?v=1773547189","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/music-for-the-dead-and-resurrected-poems-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}