{"product_id":"in-a-boston-night-9781894770491","title":"In a Boston Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sasenarine Persaud\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Tsar Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Tsar Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShortlisted for the Guyana Prize, Best Book of Poetry, 2010\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the very first piece in this collection, the title poem \"In a Boston Night,\" Sasenarine Persaud signals a return to the passionate and sensuous.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoston, the focal point, is like a needle hole though which the poet deftly threads his reflections about places, events, and histories: a conflict between Anglo- and Franco-Canadians at a Brookline art exhibition; Georgetown and Mumbai; Tampa and Toronto; the \"Boston Tea Party\" as a symbol of resistance to American English, subtly underlined by the description of a Walcott reading in an overflowing university hall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a fine, multilayered collection of poems by an important and accomplished contemporary poet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsar Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969758019735,"sku":"9781894770491","price":1316.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781894770491.webp?v=1782923871","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-a-boston-night-9781894770491","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}