{"product_id":"hughes-ted-flowers-anhb","title":"[09\/08\/26] Hughes, Ted: Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFaber \u0026amp; Faber, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 8, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully redesigned edition to celebrate 40 years since first publication, and the iconic relationship between Ted Hughes and Leonard Baskin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's \u003ci\u003eFlowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction by the nature writer Tim Dee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sixteen poems gathered here brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes's long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45143455367191,"sku":"9780571394449","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81u5h8nPL_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1780614848","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/hughes-ted-flowers-anhb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}