{"product_id":"9781737277569","title":"Seriously Well","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Torvund, Helge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of Norway's most outstanding living poets, Helge Torvund's \u003ci\u003eSeriously Well\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length poem that explores the characteristics and limits of poetic incantation in relation to memory and illness. With spare lines and simple language, Torvund layers intimate recollections of nature, childhood, a personal illness and ultimately his deeply affecting acceptance of death. But \u003ci\u003eSeriously Well\u003c\/i\u003e is not a poem of mourning; rather it is one of expectation, experience, and of \"a confidence that told me \/ the very best thing to do for me \/ was to be where I am, \/ be alive \/ in that which is.\" Translated from Norwegian by its author, \u003ci\u003eSeriously Well\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full-length book of Torvund's poetry to appear in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelge Torvund\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ha, Norway, in 1951, and lives with his wife near the Southwest coast. He has pub­lished over two dozen collections of poetry, along with children's books, essays and translations. In 2018 he was awarded the Dobloug Prize from the Swedish Academy. His children's book \u003ci\u003eVivaldi\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB, 2019) was included in Flavorwire's 20 Most Beautiful Children's Books of All Time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9781737277569. The Song Cave. pb. 82 pages. 14 x 19 cm.\u003cbr\u003eavailable\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"The Song Cave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45472692404381,"sku":"9781737277569","price":39.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9781737277569.jpg?v=1784274896","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9781737277569","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}