{"product_id":"9780060012694","title":"Waxworks : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWaxworks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Frieda Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew terrain is marked in Frieda Hughes's brilliant new collection, \u003cem\u003eWaxworks.\u003c\/em\u003e In it, Hughes has conceived and created a kind of poetic wax museum. She peoples it with figures from myth and legend, the Bible and world history, the famous and the infamous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiverse personalities, such as Rasputin and Cinderella, Medea and Lazarus, Houdini and Lady Macbeth, have been reborn of their old selves in \u003cem\u003eWaxworks.\u003c\/em\u003e Hughes imbues them with new life in contemporary terms; they experience the universal truths of love and pain and vanity that affect us all. As this volume proves, Hughes never flinches from difficult subjects and experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eWooroloo,\u003c\/em\u003e Frieda Hughes's debut collection, the poems of \u003cem\u003eWaxworks\u003c\/em\u003e will haunt a reader's imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060012694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41038875951310,"sku":"9780060012694","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060012694.jpg?v=1647830996","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060012694","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}