{"product_id":"9780228023739","title":"SCAR\/CITY by Daniela Elza","description":"When the trees came down no one knew how \/ to interpret the light. homeless \/ it bounces off glass surfaces \/ pierces the wandering eye-These poems walk streets and take snapshots of the impact financialization of our homes has on our sense of community and belonging.   Meandering through physical and philosophical materials - cement, memory, water, narrative, history, sand, light, concrete, and others' voices - Daniela Elza documents this urgent moment. The reader winds through fragments amidst urban fragmentation. A sequence of triptych poems hearkens to silos, skyscrapers, and streets. Readers here have a choice: they can read across the page or down. She channels Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni, who says, \"The fabric of our cities is reflected in the fabric of our souls.\" SCAR\/CITY emerges from the Vancouver context to take on global issues of predatory finance and a market that mines homes for profit. It steps outside of binary conversations in favour of poetic reflection and interrogates a system that results in perceptible depravity and scarcity, which leaves us homeless, metaphorically and literally.   French philosopher Gaston Bachelard says, \"The space we love is unwilling to remain permanently enclosed . Space calls for action, and before action, the imagination is at work.\" Amidst negotiations and advocacy in the fight for security of tenure and lease renewal, SCAR\/CITY is a poetic call to action.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311632232821,"sku":"9780228023739","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780228023739.jpg?v=1762818641","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780228023739","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}