{"product_id":"unexpectedly-a-collection-of-poems-9780143474401","title":"Unexpectedly: A Collection of Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maithree Wickramasinghe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Ebury Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Death, Grief, Loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnexpectedly \u003c\/i\u003eis a poetry collection that captures life in Sri Lanka from the 1970s onwards--written from the inter-space of war and peace, the throes of the pandemic, and the edge of political chaos and personal crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a moving treatise that sweeps from the personal to the political, to the social, to the cerebral and the philosophical. The themes traverse from universal topics such as humanity, time, feminism, violence, and\u003cbr\u003edeath to the experiential--the author's life in academia, her encounters with diseases, and the gains and costs of her husband's political career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in a medley of poetic voices that are passionate as well as tranquil, measured as well as nonchalant, ironic as well as sincere, these poems are haunting and imaginative, at once instinctive even as they are historical.","brand":"PRH INDIA LOCAL PRINT","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46296448073879,"sku":"9780143474401","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143474401.webp?v=1769304767","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/unexpectedly-a-collection-of-poems-9780143474401","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}