{"product_id":"the-hunter-isbn-9780771066757","title":"The Hunter","description":"\u003ci\u003eBreathtaking new poetry by the author of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Cottage Builder’s Letter\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn this brilliantly evoked new gathering of poems, George Murray creates a strange and menacing world, pulsating with sensory intensity. These poems don’t just inquire, they demand answers, and go seeking them through the realms of the past, the present, and the future. Here are stories and images that challenge, threaten, and fascinate by their dreamlike clarity, flickering through kaleidoscopic changes and throwing off resonant statements like sparks. “On either side of awe,” as Murray puts it in these innovative new poems, “stand horror and reverence.” Events and figures emerge swiftly out of one another in a landscape partly a futuristic or ancient wasteland, partly the generous earth we know. The collection as a whole forms a saga, moving from contemporary damage toward the possibilities – disaster? recovery? – that always exist “in the few moments we have under the sky.”“There is a beauty within the poetic language.…This beauty is what makes \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e a compelling read. At this watershed moment in history, we are all looking for the beauty that lies somewhere beneath the ugliness of history and the ominous tone of prophecy.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“He has the poet’s instinct, the knack for turning a good phrase and the verbal grit and suppleness to keep the reader engaged. . . . An important talent.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e–\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Murray\u003c\/b\u003e’s four books of poetry are \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cottage Builder’s Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Rush to Here\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHis work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines in Canada, and in the U.S. and Australia, including \u003ci\u003eDescant\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Mid-American Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Nerve\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Painted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Slope\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing editor with \u003ci\u003eMaisonneuve Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of Bookninja.com. Raised in rural Ontario, he now lives in St. John’s.\u003cb\u003eWOLF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe architect of the cottage on the hill\u003cbr\u003enever took into account\u003cbr\u003eits foundations. Having been paid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efor a hasty erection, he forgot what damage\u003cbr\u003ethe ages might do\u003cbr\u003eto a dwelling built in a passion for ease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s not the noise of the city that distracts,\u003cbr\u003eit’s the narrative.\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the urge to pluck order, a through-­line,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epurpose, from the seeming chaos. It’s the need\u003cbr\u003eto make sense from nonsense\u003cbr\u003ethat occupies waking moments and coaxes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003einactivity from accomplishment.\u003cbr\u003eO for a pair of red eyes\u003cbr\u003ein the woods. What should we fear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein an age that has killed emergency,\u003cbr\u003ewhen stakes of destruction\u003cbr\u003ehave been jacked so high no one\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ecan match the ante? The kindness\u003cbr\u003ein the eyes of the dog\u003cbr\u003eis not the opposite of the malice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003edripping from the wolf’s maw. For now\u003cbr\u003ewe must share these shadows\u003cbr\u003ewith the dark, for it does not have its own.\u003cbr\u003eFor now we must go where they\u003cbr\u003edo not want us.\u003cbr\u003eFor now we must explore.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301899620581,"sku":"NP9780771066757","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771066757.jpg?v=1767739874","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-hunter-isbn-9780771066757","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}