{"product_id":"immigrant-blues-9781894078283","title":"Immigrant Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImmigrant Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, an extension and deepening of the famous poems of the siege of Sarajevo translated in Simic's \u003ci\u003eSprinting from the Graveyard\u003c\/i\u003e (Oxford, 1997), explores the personal and the public devastations of war, especially its effects on the emotions, thoughts and memories of exiled survivors. Simic's genius is to present this disturbing reality in terms so vigorous and humane that pain is mixed with the solace and pleasure of great art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Open the doors, the guests are coming\u003cbr\u003esome of them burned by the sun, some of them pale\u003cbr\u003ebut every one with suitcases made of human skin.\u003cbr\u003eIf you look carefully at the handles, fragile as birds' spines\u003cbr\u003eyou will find your own fingerprints, your mother's tears, \u003cbr\u003eyour grandpa's sweat.\u003cbr\u003eThe rain just started. The world is grey.\"\u003cbr\u003e—from \"Open the Door\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goran Simic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278408495355,"sku":"9781894078283","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781894078283.jpg?v=1772487898","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/immigrant-blues-9781894078283","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}