{"product_id":"the-fall-at-home-new-and-collected-aphorisms","title":"The Fall at Home: New and Collected Aphorisms","description":"\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAphorisms have been described as 'the obscure hinterland between poetry and prose' (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) - short pithy statements that capture the essence of the human condition in all its shades. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew and Selected\u003c\/i\u003e, master of the form Don Paterson brings the best examples from his two previous volumes together with ingenious new material relevant to today's world. Moving and mischievous, canny and profound - these wide-ranging observations of no more than one or two lines demonstrate that the aphorism is the perfect form for our times. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Consciousness is the turn the universe makes to hasten its own end.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e * \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Agnosticism is indulged only by those who have never suffered belief.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e *\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Poet: someone in the aphorism business for the money.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170304541019,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/files\/16_7c02463e-f1b2-4a2b-90d2-4682d226db86.jpg?v=1696498071","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.ie\/products\/the-fall-at-home-new-and-collected-aphorisms","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}