{"product_id":"the-country-of-marriage-9781619021082","title":"The Country of Marriage","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fifth volume of poetry--including three poems about the Mad Farmer--from the celebrated \"beautiful, accessible poet  of] maverick conscience\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1971, \u003ci\u003eThe Country of Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e is Wendell Berry's fifth volume of poetry. What he calls \"an expansive metaphor\" is \"a farmer's relationship to his land as the basic and central relation of humanity to creation . . . Similarly, marriage is the basic and central community tie . . . And these relationships are in turn basic to, and may stand for, our relationship to God and to the sustaining mysteries and powers of creation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the thirty-five poems in this collection is concerned with the expansive themes contained in this metaphor. Most notably, there are more poems about the Mad Farmer, who advises us here to \"every day do something that won't compute.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Country of Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e, Berry has crafted a work that is immediately accessible but that becomes, as we read it again, always more satisfying, reverberant with manifold meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerry has here perfected a work that is immediately accessible but that becomes, as we read it again, always more satisfying, reverberant with manifold meanings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619021082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Wendell Berry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662411231388,"sku":"9781619021082","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b6a7d602-6240-4982-b8be-6d669acc109a.jpg?v=1603901834","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-country-of-marriage-9781619021082","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}