{"product_id":"montale-eugenio-poetic-dia","title":"Montale, Eugenio \/  Arrowsmith, William (tr.): Poetic Diaries 1971 \u0026 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorton, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: December 03, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: Poetic Diaries 1971 and 1972 is ruled by a brusque economy, and Montale's is, here, a poetics of magnificent reduction. The poet meditates on the very conditions of his art: language reveals itself to be madness, and poetry a broken promise. The Muse has become a scarecrow: \"She still has \/ one sleeve, with which she conducts her scrannel \/ straw quartet. It's the only music I can stand.\" And yet music it is, and time and time again Montale attains a contrarian grandeur that renews faith in the art he punishes. These poems are dense and dramatic, evasive and erotic and vividly alive.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40679359414295,"sku":"9780393344196","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/7835659-L.jpg?v=1697662131","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/montale-eugenio-poetic-dia","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}