{"product_id":"route-77-a-poememior-paperback","title":"Route 77: A Poememior - 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\u003eDorian Haarhoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoute 77 \u003c\/em\u003eis a biography and poetic travelogue; it is wisdom; it is esoteric; it is funny. Spirituality gets Dorian's attention, as does nature, philosophy, psychology, animals, dreams. It offers a paradox of mysticism and the concrete, where eclectic material jumps around like beans in a sizzling pan (he includes a Greek recipe.) Dorian dubs this original format as \u003cem\u003ea kind of Babushka with seven dolls. Imagine each doll decorated with eleven symbols and images. Holograms.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis innovative approach also serves as a creative writing manual, a sequel to his \u003cem\u003eThe Writer's Voice\u003c\/em\u003e (1998). Dorian's mastery of teasing-out the right words prompted one reader to say, \u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003econfess I had goose bumps - was it the writing or the red wine? How wonderful when metaphor and fruity tannins coalesce. \u003c\/em\u003eBios are often a once-off read. This book deserves a second, or third foray with its poems, prose and personality. We encounter Dorian's commitment to personal development through his insatiable curiosity and his love for the land he treads. The tortoise (his logo) carries him to far off places: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe back of this land is tortoise shell, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eits case cast by ancient waves, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eits plates taken from ancestral fish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eand led by an amphibian chin, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ein folk-tale steadiness, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eit crawls ever towards water.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Tortoise Land)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47488840433917,"sku":"9780648652458","price":63.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NGFERG8wNVUwblFkd0N1aEs1SG5WQT09.webp?v=1777834525","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/route-77-a-poememior-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}