{"product_id":"distant-transit-poems","title":"Distant Transit: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a groundbreaking Slovenian-Austrian poet comes an evocative, captivating collection on searching for home in a landscape burdened with violent history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, \u003ci\u003eDistant Transit\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to survival, building a monument to traditions and lives lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfused with movement, Maja Haderlap's \u003ci\u003eDistant Transit\u003c\/i\u003e traverses Slovenia's scenic landscape and violent history, searching for a sense of place within its ever-shifting boundaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvoiding traditional forms and pronounced rhythms, Haderlap unleashes a flow of evocative, captivating passages whose power lies in their associative richness and precision of expression, vividly conjuring Slovenia's natural world--its rolling meadows, snow-capped alps, and sparkling Adriatic coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBelonging to the Slovene ethnic minority and its inherited, transgenerational trauma, Haderlap explores the burden of history and the prolonged aftershock of conflict--warm, lavish pastoral passages conceal dark memories, and musings on the way language can create and dissolve borders reveal a deep longing for a sense of home.","brand":"Maja Haderlap","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44515987783722,"sku":"9781953861160","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/imageloader_8d2f00f4-f1b6-4de9-83e6-26c18b302d13.jpg?v=1782706889","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/distant-transit-poems","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}