{"product_id":"we-go-on-paperback","title":"We Go on - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerry Hardie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about the irreducible core of what it is to be human in a world that changes constantly yet repeats and repeats.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerry Hardie's poetry - as the poet Claire Askew has noted - is 'a dark and gorgeous hymn to mortality', using images that speak to a place in us that does not depend on fashion or technology but braves that over-used word 'archetypal'. It is mostly specific to a particular Irish landscape the author knows very well yet sometimes ventures beyond, always with the awareness that fear is our constant companion, but also joy. Its title holds an echo of Beckett: 'I must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on', and holds something of this despair, while holding to the irrational conviction of 'being enclosed by light'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKerry Hardie \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1951, grew up in County Down, and now lives in County Kilkenny. She published six collections with Gallery Press in Ireland: \u003ci\u003eA Furious Place\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eCry for the Hot Belly \u003c\/i\u003e(2000), \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Didn't Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eThe Silence Came Close\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eOnly This Room \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and \u003ci\u003eThe Ash and the Oak and the Wild Cherry Tree\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). Her \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e was published in Ireland by Gallery and in Britain by Bloodaxe in 2011. Her most recent collections, \u003ci\u003e The Zebra Stood in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eWhere Now Begins\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eWe Go On\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) are published by Bloodaxe in Britain and Ireland. \u003ci\u003eThe Zebra Stood in the Night\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152476049543,"sku":"9781780377018","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0dcd6d105ff8ae61e6097e957cbf0b5a.webp?v=1733214772","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/we-go-on-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}