{"product_id":"the-palace-of-forty-pillars-1959030361","title":"The Palace of Forty Pillars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1959030361\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Davoudian, Armen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant and deft and heartfelt.\"-Richie Hofmann Wry, tender, and formally innovative, Armen Davoudians debut poetry collection, The Palace of Forty Pillars, tells the story of a self estranged from the world around him as a gay adolescent, an Armenian in Iran, and an immigrant in America. It is a story darkened by the long shadow of global tragedies-the Armenian genocide, war in the Middle East, the specter of homophobia. With masterful attention to rhyme and meter, these poems also carefully witness the most intimate encounters: the awkward distance between mother and son getting ready in the morning, the delicate balance of power between lovers, a tense exchange with the morality police in Iran.In Isfahan, Iran, the eponymous palace has only twenty pillars-but, reflected in its courtyard pool, they become forty. This is the gamble of Davoudians magical, ruminative poems: to recreate, in arts reflection, a home for the speaker, who is unable to return to it in life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51972215275808,"sku":"NEW1959030361","price":18.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71a2dAdBCTL.jpg?v=1783796618","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-palace-of-forty-pillars-1959030361","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}