{"product_id":"the-worlds-wife-poems-paperback","title":"The World's Wife: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe terrified. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e It's you I love, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eperfect man, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreek God, my own; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut I know you'll go, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e betray me, stray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo better by far for \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eme if you were stone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Medusa\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau Freud, to say nothing of the Devil's Wife herself, startle us with their wit, imagination, and incisiveness in this collection of poems written from the perspectives of the wives, sisters, or girlfris of famous -- and infamous -- male personages. Carol Ann Duffy is a master at drawing on myth and history, then subverting them in a vivid and surprising way to create poems that have the pull of the past and the crack of the contemporary.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e has published four highly praised collections of poetry. Her last, \u003ci\u003eMean Time\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Prize. She lives in Manchester, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756376293664,"sku":"9780571199952","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3128dffde64d94bb47d84e487bb688c4.webp?v=1780079237","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-worlds-wife-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}