{"product_id":"tongues-of-fire-paperback","title":"Tongues of Fire - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeán Hewitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** WINNER OF THE LAUREL PRIZE 2021 **\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES \/ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JOHN POLLARD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE 2021**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**SHORTLISTED FOR THE DALKEY LITERARY EMERGING WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable first collection by an important new poet\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this collection, Seán Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. By turns searing and meditative, these are lyrics concerned with the matter of the world, its physicality, but also attuned to the proximity of each moment, each thing, to the spiritual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, there is sex, grief, and loss, but also a committed dedication to life, hope and renewal. Drawing on the religious, the sacred and the profane, this is a collection in which men meet in the woods, where matter is corrupted and remade. There are prayers, hymns, vespers, incantations, and longer poems which attempt to propel themselves towards the transcendent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, there is always the sense of fragility allied with strength, a violence harnessed and unleashed. The collection ends with a series of elegies for the poet's father: in the face of despair, we are met with a fierce brightness, and a reclamation of the spiritual. 'This is when \/ we make God, and speak in his voice.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaying close attention to altered states and the consolations and strangeness of the natural world, this is the first book from a major poet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeán Hewitt\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1990. He is the author the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eTongues of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Laurel Prize, and was shortlisted for the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. He is the recipient of a Northern Writers' Award, the Resurgence Prize, and an Eric Gregory Award. Hewitt is a book critic for the\u003ci\u003e Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e and teaches Modern British and Irish Literature at Trinity College Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768933351712,"sku":"9781787332263","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/13b9a2a276021e151ff2d4be196f2892.webp?v=1780340215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tongues-of-fire-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}