{"product_id":"still-life-isbn-9781952119927","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStill Life\u003ci\u003e has been named a best book of the year by NPR and \u003c\/i\u003eTime\u003ci\u003e magazine. Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConfronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, \u003cb\u003eJay Hopler\u003c\/b\u003e—author of the National Book Award-finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Abridged History of Rainfall\u003c\/i\u003e—got to work. The result of that labor is \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it’s a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It’s a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241699815653,"sku":"NP9781952119927","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_ed1e34c3-71d3-4e5c-b4ac-7dd3573fd385.jpg?v=1773105386","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/still-life-isbn-9781952119927","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}