{"product_id":"imagining-alexandria","title":"Bernieres Louis De: Imagining Alexandria [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry was Louis de Bernieres' first literary love and \u003ci\u003eImagining Alexandria\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved \u003ci\u003eCaptain Corelli's Mandolin\u003c\/i\u003e returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDe Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, and music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De, Bernieres Louis \u0026 Sammut, Donald","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46503989117267,"sku":"9781846557439","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/de-bernieres-louis-sammut-donald-imagining-alexandria-9781846557439-49020615524691.jpg?v=1681154251","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/imagining-alexandria","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}