{"product_id":"the-improbable-swervings-of-atoms-9780822958895","title":"The Improbable Swervings of Atoms","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2004 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Improbable Swervings of Atoms\u003c\/i\u003e follows the comedic, often painful, physical and emotional travails of a young boy growing up in 1950s America. He watches the McCarthy hearings, conquers the Congo, assassinates the president, has his head stuffed into a toilet, drops his uniform on the fifty-yard line, and tries to make sense of Lucretius's De Rerum Natura. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems engage history in a very intimate way, revealing how a boy, as he matures, attempts to understand the world around him, his own physical development, the people in his life, and what it means to live in a country and time where it is impossible to disengage oneself from world events--where, in fact, the quest for identity is an act that requires one to rewrite history in personal terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Bursk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.08w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822958895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Bursk is the author of seven previous books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eCell Count\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOvid at Fifteen\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of NEA, Guggenheim, and PEW Fellowships. Bursk is professor of English at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40473704562803,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2de0f3a2-802c-426a-a0cf-ec78a36b6a5c.jpg?v=1664373621","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-improbable-swervings-of-atoms-9780822958895","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}