{"product_id":"still-life-4","title":"Still Life","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConfronted with a terminal cancer diagnosis, Jay Hopler (1970-2022)--author of the National Book Award-finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Abridged History of\u003c\/em\u003e Rainfall--got to work. The result of that labor is\u003cem\u003e Still Life\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of poems that are heartbreaking, terrifying, and deeply, darkly hilarious. In an attempt to find meaning in a life ending right before his eyes, Hopler squares off against monsters real and imagined, personal and historical, and tries not to flinch. This work is no elegy; it's a testament to courage, love, compassion, and the fierceness of the human heart. It's a violently funny but playfully serious fulfillment of what Arseny Tarkovsky called the fundamental purpose of art: a way to prepare for death, be it far in the future or very near at hand.\r","brand":"Jay Hopler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44453234245868,"sku":"9781952119927","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781952119927.jpg?v=1724025532","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/still-life-4","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}