{"product_id":"the-shores-of-vaikus-9781780377179","title":"The Shores of Vaikus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this edgy homage to Estonia, the country of his refugee father's birth, T S Eliot Prizewinner Philip Gross continues to develop the subtle conversation between words and silence that is at the core of his poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt this collection's heart, the shapeshifting prose-poem monologues of this book's central sequence, \u003cem\u003eEvi And The Devil, \u003c\/em\u003eweave a haunted landscape out of folktale, dark humour, the routine atrocities of history and a vividly present sense of place. The island of Vaikus (one of several words for silence in Estonian) is Estonia condensed, refracted in the dark waters of a bog pool. The voice that speaks with such compelling otherness is a channelling of a culture and a disposition often drowned out in successive occupations by the empires of the day, but always alive, and whispering. The resulting book is both a bold departure and a drawing together of the whole range of a writing life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.40d","brand":"Philip Gross","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44978712674485,"sku":"9781780377179","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1bd3dcc7-c3dc-4a3d-9df3-53135b170dd7.jpg?v=1735064289","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-shores-of-vaikus-9781780377179","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}