{"product_id":"couples-book-michael-stewart-9781912436408","title":"Couples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.but something has kept them together: love, company, custom. The weather.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Couples\u003c\/em\u003e is a blackly comic sequence of poems that explore the nature of co-dependency - of two people who want to be together, but at the same time cannot help but push each other away.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The layout of the book is itself a commentary on the phenomenon - the poems are placed in their own 'couples', twelve pairs that face each other across the page. Sometimes they exchange a glance, sometimes they stand side-by-side, staring out into the abyss; only when the book is closed, and they are in darkness, do they truly come together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Originally published on Valentine's Day 2013, the seven-year itch has brought Michael Stewart back to his old flame for a new edition in 2020; reworking the original poems, and adding a dozen more. The result is an unnervingly perceptive volume, to be shared with your 'other half' at your own risk - you may never look at a couple, or each other, the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49740159156497,"sku":"NGR9781912436408","price":7.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51235827646737,"sku":"NIN9781912436408","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52497664114961,"sku":"GOR010722350","price":6.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/191243640X.jpg?v=1750996351","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/couples-book-michael-stewart-9781912436408","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}