{"product_id":"books-god-s-silence-by-franz-wright","title":"God's Silence","description":"In this luminous new collection of poems, Franz Wright expands on the spiritual joy he found in his Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eWalking to Martha's Vineyard\u003c\/i\u003e. Wright, whom we know as a poet of exquisite miniatures, opens \u003ci\u003eGod's Silence\u003c\/i\u003e with East Boston, 1996, a powerful long poem that looks back at the darker moments in the formation of his sensibility. He shares his private rules for bus riding (No eye contact: the eyes of the terrified \/ terrify), and recalls, among other experiences, his first encounter with a shotgun, as an eight-year-old boy (In a clearing in the cornstalks . . . it was suggested \/ that I fire \/ on that muttering family of crows). Throughout this volume, Wright continues his penetrating study of his own and our collective soul. He reaches a new level of acceptance as he intones the paradox I have heard God's silence like the sun, and marvels at our presumptions: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe speak of Heaven who have not yet accomplished\u003cbr\u003eeven this, the holiness of things \u003cbr\u003eprecisely as they are, and never will  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough Wright often seeks forgiveness in these poems, his black wit and self-deprecation are reliably present, and he delights in reminding us that literature will lose, sunlight will win, don't worry.\u003cbr\u003eBut in this book, literature wins as well. \u003ci\u003eGod's Silence \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply felt celebration of what poetry (and its silences) can do for us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506298085649,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780375710810.jpg?v=1778109271","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-god-s-silence-by-franz-wright","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}