{"product_id":"sunglasses-in-a-dark-room-9781774034293","title":"Sunglasses in a Dark Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael C. Keith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Silver Bow Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Silver Bow Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunglasses in a Dark Room\u003c\/strong\u003e is Michael C. Keith at his most distilled and daring - a master of micro-prose poetry delivering flashes of insight that land with the force of full narratives. In these razor-sharp, often startlingly brief pieces, Keith explores the absurdities, sorrows, contradictions, and quiet devastations of ordinary life. Each micro-poem is a small aperture into the human condition: mortality, memory, loneliness, aging, desire, regret, and the strange comedy of simply being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith's voice moves effortlessly from dark humor to philosophical reflection, from surreal imagery to stark emotional truth. A man plans his final words; a widow wraps herself in her late wife's scent; a pilot ignores an iceberg in equatorial Africa; a poet envies Salman Rushdie \"one eye and all\"; a widower avoids the cemetery because even the dead still scold him. These pieces are compact but expansive, often no more than a few lines, yet they linger long after the page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his signature blend of wit, melancholy, and existential clarity, Keith captures the fleeting moments that define us - the private thoughts, the strange encounters, the quiet griefs, the absurdities of culture, and the small revelations that illuminate our days. \u003cstrong\u003eSunglasses in a Dark Room\u003c\/strong\u003e is a book to be read slowly, savored, and returned to, each piece a spark in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of micro-fiction, prose poetry, and literary minimalism, this collection showcases a writer who understands that sometimes the shortest lines carry the deepest truths. Keith's work reminds us that even in the dark, there is something worth seeing - if we're willing to look.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Bow Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775403901079,"sku":"9781774034293","price":1637.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781774034293.webp?v=1777990139","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sunglasses-in-a-dark-room-9781774034293","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}