{"product_id":"the-worlds-wife-poems-9780571199952","title":"The World's Wife: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBe terrified. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e It's you I love, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eperfect man, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreek God, my own; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut I know you'll go, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e betray me, stray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom home.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo better by far for \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eme if you were stone.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Medusa\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau Freud, to say nothing of the Devil's Wife herself, startle us with their wit, imagination, and incisiveness in this collection of poems written from the perspectives of the wives, sisters, or girlfris of famous -- and infamous -- male personages. Carol Ann Duffy is a master at drawing on myth and history, then subverting them in a vivid and surprising way to create poems that have the pull of the past and the crack of the contemporary.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-93434\"\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571199952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 057119995X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005020\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarol Ann Duffy\u003c\/b\u003e has published four highly praised collections of poetry. Her last, \u003ci\u003eMean Time\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Prize. She lives in Manchester, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704323608813,"sku":"9780571199952","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_c4608d04-e25c-4a31-b5b4-6b86fe16f1dd.jpg?v=1747452334","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-worlds-wife-poems-9780571199952","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}