{"product_id":"the-closed-spaces-9781837380145","title":"The Closed Spaces","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Angela Gardner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection Angela Gardner explores the many ways of looking. Ripped by a wind that raptures, \u003cem\u003eThe Closed Spaces\u003c\/em\u003e explores the human intertwine of pain and bliss, asking: are we windows or mirrors? How can we hold and restore our attention, resisting the commodification of our gaze? In a society under pressure who gets to look and who is seen? Showcasing a dirty and unequal war, a video game, the mechanics of optics to view a landscape, and the exchange between model and painter each of the poems shows us a different way of being in the body. From the utilitarian hunt of a bird of prey and the helplessness of a political prisoner under the predatory gaze of his captor, to the gaze of a lover finding the attention that Hannah Arendt equated with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47774949539991,"sku":"9781837380145","price":1245.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781837380145.webp?v=1777987641","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-closed-spaces-9781837380145","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}