{"product_id":"helen-of-troy-1993-poems","title":"Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Zoccola has beautifully and resourcefully reimagined this mythic material...Zoccola's Helen has succeeded in joining her mythic forebear.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the hills of Sparta, Tennessee, during the early nineties, Helen decides to break free from the life that stifles her: marriage, motherhood, the monotonous duties of a Southern housewife. But leaving isn't the same thing as staying gone... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRooted in a lush natural landscape, this stunning poetry collection explores Helen's isolation and rebellion as her expansive personality clashes with the social rigidity of her small town. In richly layered poems with settings that range from football games to Chuck E. Cheese to the bathroom of a Motel 6, Helen enters adulthood as a disaffected homemaker grasping for agency. She marries the wrong man, gives birth to a child she is not ready to parent, and embarks on an affair that throws her life into chaos. But she never surrenders ownership of her story or her choices, insisting to the reader: \"\u003ci\u003eif you never owned a bone-sharp biography... \/ i don't want to hear it. i want you silent. \/ i want you listening to me.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlurring the line between mythology and modernity, \u003ci\u003eHelen of Troy, 1993\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable collection that shows the Homeric Helen like she's never been seen before.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1668046334\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781668046333\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Zoccola, Maria\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jan 2025)","offer_id":46080101744837,"sku":"9781668046333","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781668046333.jpg?v=1776034500","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/helen-of-troy-1993-poems","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}