{"product_id":"the-absolute-relatively-inaccessible-paperback","title":"The Absolute, Relatively Inaccessible - 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\u003eWalter Wangerin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eScott Cairns\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Absolute, Relatively Inaccessible is a volume of poems divided into three parts. The three parts are bound together by a brace of persistent and developing themes, as well as by the repetition (and the development) of language, metaphor, and imagery. Part 1 presents various characters (mostly African American) confronting death. The poems in part 2 are spoken by an unnamed narrator about his cancer. My cancer, actually, and my experiences. Parts 2 and 3 both descend into silence. Part 3 is a radical reworking of the ancient Mesopotamian epic loosely known as The Songs of Heaven and Hell. The poems are not a translation, though each derives from a separate song, and each uses the characters, the events, the worldview, and the stark imagery of Babylon in the third century BCE. In many respects, these poems have the prosody of the biblical psalms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Wangerin Jr. has won the National Book Award, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of the Year Award, and several Gold Medallion Awards, including best fiction awards for both \u003ci\u003eThe Book of God \u003c\/i\u003e(1997) and \u003ci\u003ePaul: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e (2000). Wangerin was speaker for the \u003ci\u003eLutheran Vespers\u003c\/i\u003e radio program from 1994 to January 2005, and prior to joining the faculty at Valparaiso University, he served as an inner-city pastor in Evansville, Indiana, for sixteen years. The author of more than forty books, Wangerin lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51874799747360,"sku":"9781532616693","price":16.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/EGPI9-5rZW9781532616693.webp?v=1781737907","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-absolute-relatively-inaccessible-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}