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In \"Visits from the Seventh\", her wry, uncanny poems take the form of conversations between a woman and a throng of invisible presences, or 'visitors', who counsel, challenge, cajole and comfort her. Together they murmur about destiny, the moon, a walk on Park Avenue, sex, ambition, dreams.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49622238953745,"sku":"GOR002068526","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1852248440.jpg?v=1751217885"},{"product_id":"cry-back-my-sea-book-sarah-arvio-9780593319505","title":"Cry Back My Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eStunning poems of obsession, loss, and the desire for a renewed self, from the award-winning poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I thought I had left behind the darkness \/ of the heart,\" Arvio confesses in the poem \"Small War.\" The love Arvio traces in these pages is indeed a battle, one in which the best-laid plans are shattered. Rarely has a poet tackled intimate love with so much invention and bravery.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In poem after poem, we meet the troubling lover whose nearness and force undoes her. There are moments of reprieve- \"my naked body and budding pleasure \/ in the weather of your presence. \/ Not whether your presence but how.\" The voice is vulnerable, self-knowing, often funny; the poet seems to be writing these poems to save herself from a devastating passion. Her weapons are a cascade of brash, freely spoken lines and a powerful command of metaphor, wielded in a search for meaning and understanding.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These breathtaking love poems make the collection Arvio's most universal to date.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49739460083985,"sku":"NGR9780593319505","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50359479206161,"sku":"CIN0593319508VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52692830322961,"sku":"CIN0593319508G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52866391048465,"sku":"GOR014649245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593319508.jpg?v=1750847224"},{"product_id":"night-thoughts-book-sarah-arvio-9780375712227","title":"night thoughts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable and unique work, award-winning poet Sarah Arvio gives us a memoir about coming to terms with a life in crisis through the study of dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young woman, threatened by disturbing visions, Arvio went into psychoanalysis to save herself. The result is a riveting sequence of dream poems, followed by Notes. The poems, in the form of irregular sonnets, describe her dreamworld: a realm of beauty and terror emblazoned with recurring colors and images--gold, blood red, robin's-egg blue, snakes, swarms of razors, suitcases, playing cards, a catwalk. The Notes, also exquisitely readable, unfold the meaning of the dreams--as told to her analyst--and recount the enlightening and sometimes harrowing process of unlocking memories, starting with the diaries she burned to make herself forget. Arvio's explorations lead her back to her younger self--and to a life-changing understanding that will fascinate readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An utterly original work of art and a groundbreaking portrayal of the power of dream interpretation to resolve psychic distress, this stunning book illumines the poetic logic of the dreaming mind; it also shows us, with surpassing poignancy, how tender and fragile is the mind of an adolescent girl.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50955456676113,"sku":"CIN0375712224VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001860030737,"sku":"NIN9780375712227","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51329846051089,"sku":"CIN0375712224G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52124053438737,"sku":"NLS9780375712227","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0375712224.jpg?v=1751039179"},{"product_id":"night-thoughts-book-sarah-arvio-9780307959553","title":"Night Thoughts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable and unique work, award-winning poet Sarah Arvio gives us a memoir about coming to terms with a life in crisis through the study of dreams. \u003cbr\u003e As a young woman, threatened by disturbing visions, Arvio went into psychoanalysis to save herself. 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