{"product_id":"deaf-republic-poems-paperback","title":"Deaf Republic: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIlya Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Award \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Winner of the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Jewish Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFinalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence: a newly married couple, Alfonso and Sonya, expecting a child; the brash Momma Galya, instigating the insurgency from her puppet theater; and Galya's girls, heroically teaching signing by day and by night luring soldiers one by one to their deaths behind the curtain. At once a love story, an elegy, and an urgent plea, Ilya Kaminsky's long-awaited \u003ci\u003eDeaf Republic\u003c\/i\u003e confronts our time's vicious atrocities and our collective silence in the face of them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlya Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the former Soviet Union. He is the author of a poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eDancing in Odessa\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Ecco Anthology of International Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a 2014 finalist for the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760545431840,"sku":"9781555978310","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ff887b086a5212e27e1459fc0a6d65e.webp?v=1780182927","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/deaf-republic-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}