{"product_id":"that-galloping-horse-paperback","title":"That Galloping Horse - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePetra White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetra White is a distinctive voice in Australian poetry. \u003cem\u003eThat Galloping Horse\u003c\/em\u003e is her sixth collection, and the first to introduce her to UK readers. Written while living in Melbourne, London and Berlin between 2017 and 2023, this new collection includes 13 elegies that mediate a spiritual anguish through a delight in language and the physical world. White's characteristic, often dark playfulness is also abundant in this collection, with short mysterious lyrics that build layers of irony, and raw narratives that traverse the Nullarbor Highway and the atomic cloud of Maralinga. In its flexible and changeable styles, \u003cem\u003eThat Galloping Horse\u003c\/em\u003e catches many thematic concerns, including proximity to the Ukraine War, domestic life in the reality of planetary demise, the strangeness of post-pandemic Berlin, modern work, marriage and the possibilities of familial love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eComments on previous collections: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a very accomplished and very complex first book by a poet who can be said to be, already, of considerable importance.\" -Martin Duwell, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eThe Incoming Tide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Among our poets, I was moved by Petra White with the intense inwardness attained in her near-collected \u003cem\u003eA Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e.\" -Chris Wallace-Crabbe, \u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, Books of the Year 2015\u003cbr\u003e\"'How the Temple was Built' is not an easy poem to describe. Suffice to say that it has something in common with Arthur Boyd's biblical paintings and, arguably, with Ted Hughes's book-length poem \u003cem\u003eCrow\u003c\/em\u003e... it is satisfyingly physical and meta-physical at the same time.\" -Geoff Page, \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eReading for a Quiet Morning\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Petra White's 'Ode on the End' is hectically imperilled - 'He gives\/you the necks of your enemies\/(fear must have foes).\/He draws up a battle\/where perhaps there was only a soul'. Her work is often Rilkean internal interrogation, with emphatic alliteration, but there are also finely executed portraits such as 'Older Sister' - 'chore-hungry and chore-fed ... Her fingers fly, her eyes are stone'. -Gig Ryan, \u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e, on \u003cem\u003eThirty Australian Poets\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778858352928,"sku":"9781848619142","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1824b86deff68c122d5972dd7bd24a27.webp?v=1780508765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/that-galloping-horse-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}