{"product_id":"divide-and-rule-9781552452547","title":"Divide and Rule","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Walid Bitar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The empire's missing links are found deep in this poet's ever-astonishing states of multiple consciousness--astutely attuned to the pressured, violent, mass conformities forced upon us--brilliantly formed into poems as ambitious and achieved as any written in the English language today.\"--Lawrence Joseph\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn these dramatic monologues, Walid Bitar delivers variations on the theme of power: in politics, in the subjugation and abuse of other cultures, and in our divided selves. Using satire, parody, koan, and riddle, \u003ci\u003eDivide and Rule\u003c\/i\u003e struggles with the mendacity of language and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey have no maps. Ours, I'll redraw.\u003cbr\u003eIsn't itself, their neck of the woods, \u003cbr\u003eneeds a rest--something more than a nap, \u003cbr\u003eand less than death, though death wouldn't hurt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalid Bitar\u003c\/b\u003e's poetry collections include \u003ci\u003e2 Guys on Holy Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBastardi Puri\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Empire's Missing Links\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Beirut and lives in Toronto, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46290174673047,"sku":"9781552452547","price":1553.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781552452547.webp?v=1767701129","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/divide-and-rule-9781552452547","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}