{"product_id":"inside-the-wave","title":"Inside the Wave","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead - the underworld and the human living world - and the exquisitely intense being of both. They possess a spare, eloquent lyricism as they explore the bliss and anguish of the voyage.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInside the Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, Helen Dunmore's tenth and final poetry book, was her first since \u003cem\u003eThe Malarkey\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), whose title-poem won the National Poetry Competition. Her final poem, '\u003cem\u003eHold out your arms\u003c\/em\u003e', written shortly before her death and not included in the first printing of \u003cem\u003eInside the Wave\u003c\/em\u003e, was added to all subsequent printings. Her posthumous retrospective, \u003cem\u003eCounting Backwards: Poems 1975-2017\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), covers ten collections she published over four decades up to and including Inside the Wave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCosta Book of the Year 2017, winner of the 2017 Costa Poetry Award.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Helen Dunmore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40327731314850,"sku":"9781780373584","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-08-29T145632.093.png?v=1693317400","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/inside-the-wave","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}