{"product_id":"alien-correspondent-9781894078795","title":"Alien, Correspondent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis arresting first collection is, in part, a delicately balanced look at Beirut from the perspective of a Westerner who lives and works in that remarkable city. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether writing about the Middle East or about domestic life, Di Nardo refuses to romanticize; he doesn't moralize about the causes of perennial conflicts. He is that rare thing: a clear-eyed witness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Here and there Starbucks coffee cups collide\u003cbr\u003ewith service taxis and re-assign the chaos, litter\u003cbr\u003ethe brittle landscape of the coast, while the world\u003cbr\u003ecommand picks through the sands of lawlessness\u003cbr\u003efor just a grain of what remains of itself,\u003cbr\u003ethe little air of familiarity defunct, despised and fed\u003cbr\u003eto those on foot like scraps to gutter cats in the shade\u003cbr\u003eof too many parked cars that took the place\u003cbr\u003eof date palms standing on the sidewalks.\u003cbr\u003eYet no one would ever leave their shift at the wheel,\u003cbr\u003eor turn home in the grim belief life's purpose is that unreal.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from \"Oh the streets of West Beirut\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antony Di Nardo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278411739387,"sku":"9781894078795","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781894078795.jpg?v=1772487899","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/alien-correspondent-9781894078795","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}