{"product_id":"the-palace-of-forty-pillars-paperback","title":"The Palace of Forty Pillars - 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\u003eArmen Davoudian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWry, tender, and formally innovative, Armen Davoudian's debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eThe Palace of Forty Pillars\u003c\/em\u003e, tells the story of a self estranged from the world around him as a gay adolescent, an Armenian in Iran, and an immigrant in America. It is a story darkened by the long shadow of global tragedies--the Armenian genocide, war in the Middle East, the specter of homophobia. With masterful attention to rhyme and meter, these poems also carefully witness the most intimate encounters: the awkward distance between mother and son getting ready in the morning, the delicate balance of power between lovers, a tense exchange with the morality police in Iran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Isfahan, Iran, the eponymous palace has only twenty pillars--but, reflected in its courtyard pool, they become forty. This is the gamble of Davoudian's magical, ruminative poems: to recreate, in art's reflection, a home for the speaker, who is unable to return to it in life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmen Davoudian has an MFA from Johns Hopkins University and is currently a PhD candidate in English at Stanford University. His poems and translations from Persian appear in \u003ci\u003ePoetry magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Hopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His chapbook, \u003ci\u003eSwan Song\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Frost Place Competition. Armen grew up in Isfahan, Iran, and lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.98 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45857507606725,"sku":"9781959030362","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/dnkuskOz2D9781959030362.webp?v=1771503513","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-palace-of-forty-pillars-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}