{"product_id":"to-2040-9781800173163","title":"To 2040","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eTo 2040 is a collection of visionary poems by Graham, winner of the Laurel Prize 2023. It explores a potentially apocalyptic world where rain must be translated, silence sings louder than speech, and wired birds parrot recordings of their extinct ancestors. The book is narrated by a speaker who reflects on her own mortality, warning the reader of a potentially inevitable future. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 108 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 27 April 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Carcanet Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Laurel Prize 2023.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Publishers Weekly, Guardian, The Irish Times, Financial Times, and Telegraph Book of the Year.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo 2040 begins with a question masquerading as fact: \"Are we \/ extinct yet?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho owns \/ the map?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThese visionary new poems reveal Graham as historian, cartographer, prophet, plotting an apocalyptic world where rain must be translated, silence sings louder than speech, and wired birds parrot recordings of their extinct ancestors.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn one poem, the speaker is warned by a clairvoyant, the American experiment will end in 2030.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraham exposes a potentially inevitable future, sirens sounding among industrial ruins.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn sparse lines that move with cinematic precision, we pan from overhead views of reshaped shorelines to close-ups of a burrowing worm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere, we linger, climate crisis on hold, as Graham invites the reader to sit silent, to hear soil breathe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo 2040 is narrated by a speaker who reflects on her own mortality - in the glass window of a radiotherapy room, in the first claw full of hair placed gently on a green shower ledge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2040 as both future and event-horizon: the reader leaves the book warned, wiser, attentively on edge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInhale.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre you still there \/ the sun says to me.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe title poem asks, \"What was yr message, what were u meant to \/ pass on?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 220g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 186 x 235 x 12 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781800173163\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jorie Graham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44260682039546,"sku":"9781800173163","price":11.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/noImage_1_9e81e31b-00fb-499f-9112-2744aae6d651.jpg?v=1685471779","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/to-2040-9781800173163","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}