{"product_id":"deaf-republic-poems-ilya-kaminsky-paperback","title":"Deaf Republic: Poems -- Ilya Kaminsky, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Award \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e Winner of the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the National Jewish Book Award \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the T. S. Eliot Prize \u003c\/strong\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003e Finalist for the Forward Prize for Best Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\nIlya Kaminsky's astonishing parable in poems asks us, What is silence?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeaf Republic opens in an occupied country in a time of political unrest. When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear--they all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language. The story follows the private lives of townspeople encircled by public violence: a newly married couple, Alfonso and Sonya, expecting a child; the brash Momma Galya, instigating the insurgency from her puppet theater; and Galya's girls, heroically teaching signing by day and by night luring soldiers one by one to their deaths behind the curtain. At once a love story, an elegy, and an urgent plea, Ilya Kaminsky's long-awaited \u003ci\u003eDeaf Republic\u003c\/i\u003e confronts our time's vicious atrocities and our collective silence in the face of them.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ilya Kaminsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/5\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.9\" H x 6.9\" L x 0.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781555978310\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779794600235,"sku":"9781555978310","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781555978310_f5b526a3-bd1f-40b8-b1ed-7dd457c8ca78.jpg?v=1774906847","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/deaf-republic-poems-ilya-kaminsky-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}