{"product_id":"the-palace-of-forty-pillars-poems","title":"The Palace of Forty Pillars Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Armen Davoudian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Tin House, 2024\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWry, tender, and formally innovative, Armen Davoudian's 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In Isfahan, Iran, the eponymous palace has only twenty pillars--but, reflected in its courtyard pool, they become forty. This is the gamble of Davoudian's magical, ruminative poems: to recreate, in art's reflection, a home for the speaker, who is unable to return to it in life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47287717527721,"sku":"PHBK-9781959030362","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/13599473482885.jpg?v=1784907293","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-palace-of-forty-pillars-poems","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}