{"product_id":"gods-of-unfinished-business-paperback","title":"GODS of UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Kossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNina Kossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Cover Design by), \u003cb\u003eIlya Kaminsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is Nina Kossman's God, and what kind of Unfinished Business are we about to get into, I wondered, opening this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebook of poems. \"History Transformed into Myth,\" the subtitle at the front of these pages warned, and I wondered\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat is history if not already a myth. That's what I thought, getting started, yes-right before I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elearned that Kossman sent me these poems from a warzone, literally: the poet's e-mail said she was in the occupied Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat that time. And just like that, the mythological history, whatever that is, became a documentary fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFacts take an interesting role in this collection of poems, actually: we begin with an echo of an ancient Akkadian text\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealso taking place in a warzone, though of a very different kind. And, indeed, the myth comes forth. Or, rather, the myth is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edenied us (\"What Ismul's soul learned in the city of souls is never revealed\") only to be revealed as the pages turn: \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45859702210757,"sku":"9781950063642","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/iCPvSDxOCW9781950063642.webp?v=1771532370","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/gods-of-unfinished-business-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}