{"product_id":"the-courtesy-9780226750279","title":"The Courtesy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alan Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this, his first book, Alan Shapiro vividly recreates some of the more memorable and poignant moments from his Jewish-American childhood, and in the process reveals his compassionate interest in the forgotten, the alienated, and the infirm. \u003ci\u003eThe Courtesy\u003c\/i\u003e is an intelligent, reflective examination of the poet's own psychological history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Courtesy\u003c\/i\u003e is really an admirable book: it shows up the unreality of a lot of the other poetry one reads, dealing honestly and with that perversity which is a sign of thoughfulness, with the slight but heavy matter of our everyday defeats.\"-Michael Hoffman, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Nation Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47592130805911,"sku":"9780226750279","price":3650.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226750279.webp?v=1774976348","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-courtesy-9780226750279","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}