{"product_id":"storm-damage-by-brian-patten","title":"'Storm Damage' by Brian Patten","description":"\u003ch4\u003ePatten came out of the Liverpool poetry scene of the 1960s, full of intimacy, ambition, and the troubles of youth.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe strongest pieces work through image and voice rather than grand statement. Shadows become companions and witnesses; memory is something bodily and unreliable; private grief sits beside satire about media culture, commercialisation and literary life. There’s a looseness to Patten’s line that makes the poems feel conversational, but beneath it is a persistent unease — the sense that affection, identity and recollection are all slightly unstable materials. The result is approachable poetry with a darker undertow, moving between tenderness, irony and quiet disillusionment without needing to posture about any of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnwin Hyman, London, 1988. First edition. Paperback. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with minor edge and corner wear. Internally clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46160295198803,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_35.png?v=1788580493","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/storm-damage-by-brian-patten","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}