{"product_id":"the-language-of-rain-by-jules-leigh-koch","title":"The Language of Rain by Jules Leigh Koch","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eThe Language of Rain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eby Jules Leigh Koch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eRob Scott of Bookends Books and Music, 2008\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition\u003cbr\u003eBlack and white photographs\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781876725006\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e: Very Good\u003cbr\u003ea little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, a little curling at top corner (see photographs)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1f2124; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;\"\u003e“Similes and metaphors or striking originality are embedded in all Jules Leigh Koch’s poetry.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eEven so, his third collection is much more than imagism.\u003cbr\u003eWry, ironic and savage portraits alternate with numbing grief.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eDisabled children are described and analysed without a trace of sentimentality.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eRelationships from fleeting glances to bitter parting are dramatized in scenes and narratives.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe last displayed in city and seascapes as if it were a cosmic lightshow.\u003cbr\u003eKoch’s fascination with rain is a kind of prayer for the end of both drought and global warming.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morgan's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874093371462,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2727\/7942\/files\/TheLanguageofRain_1.jpg?v=1793511483","url":"https:\/\/www.morgansrarebooks.com\/products\/the-language-of-rain-by-jules-leigh-koch","provider":"Morgan's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}