{"product_id":"orpheus-9781910251300","title":"Orpheus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Theo Dorgan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dedalus Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dedalus Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom self-imposed distance (\"I stand back from the streetlight at her school gate\") to a distance that cannot be bridged in a single lifetime, the poems in Theo Dorgan's extraordinary new collection tell the story of Orpheus, the musician-poet, from artistic awakening through to the cost of remaining faithful to his calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a book presented in two halves, and composed throughout in sapphics - in English, one of the most challenging of poetic forms - Dorgan's contemporary Orpheus is part-drifter, part-troubadour, part-lover, recognising deeper patterns in his behaviour, but always of this place and time. In the book's second half, the locus shifts farther out into mythic space with a parallel narrative from the Greek world that both mirrors and interweaves with the first half's here-and-now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether they offer a fresh, adventurous and unexpected take on a foundational mythic figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dedalus Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032122056855,"sku":"9781910251300","price":1234.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781910251300.webp?v=1767098319","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/orpheus-9781910251300","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}