{"product_id":"9781324130659","title":"PRE-ORDER NOW Exit Opera : Poems by Kim Addonizio","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 03\/07\/2026 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in locations from dive bars to Montparnasse Cemetery, from an ancient Greek temple to a tourist shop in Assisi, Exit Opera explores the ever-vexing issues of time, mortality, love and loss, and considers the roles of art and human connection. Whatever their nominal subject-jazz, zombies, Buddhism, Siberian tigers-these poems make for a compelling mix of humour and pain, difficulty and solace. In a nod to Keats, one of the many fellow travellers in these poems, Addonizio invites us to \"[inscribe] a few verses on whatever water \/ you can find\" and assures readers that they are not alone in navigating the challenges and changes of mortal life. As she writes in \"My Opera\":The staging is difficult.   Exploding stars are involved, high-redshift galaxies, interior chambers,a little country blues, a little jazz guitar, a jam jar containinga tiny ocean \u0026amp; a tinier rowboat rocking gently in the swellsthat I am steering toward you in the dark. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368674767221,"sku":"9781324130659","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781324130659","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}