{"product_id":"make-up-tips-for-the-sick-hardback","title":"Make-up Tips for the Sick (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book will be released in January 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-orders are charged at time of order and the book will be posted to you as soon as it becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK postage is 99 pence per order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated with an introduction by Alexandra Büchler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘One of 2024’s most outstanding achievements in Czech poetry.’ – \u003cem\u003eTvar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Czech-Ukrainian poet Iryna Zahladko records their life-changing experience in a poetic language which alternates between an urgent diary record and a stylised account of disintegration and violence. ‘Above the collar bone a cover bubbles, alongside it, under my skin, I touch a plastic pipe – an underground tunnel full of people sleeping.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMake-up Tips for the Sick\u003c\/em\u003e, Zahladko engages in the most intimate record of the body’s processes while undergoing treatment for cancer, tirelessly observing the experience of internal exile in a world where supposedly ‘nothing is happening’. While their poetry demands that these harsh realities be addressed, it also acknowledges that even here simple human desires exist, even here the taste of good food is important. Life goes on, even though time does not flow in war or illness, as the poet relates with a repeated, urgent refrain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/Iryna_Zahladko__Tereza_Skoulova_240x240.jpg?v=1791891946\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIryna Zahladko\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Czech-Ukrainian poet, translator, and a graduate in theoretical physics. They have been living in Prague since 2019 and have published two books in Ukrainian, a collection of poems in Polish, and three poetry collections in Czech. They have edited zines, organised festivals, curated exhibitions, slams and performances, and collaborated with various writers across the Czech and Ukrainian art scene.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/Alexandra-Buchler-2_c-Virginia-Montefortejpg-2048x1356_240x240.jpg?v=1791892040\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra Büchler\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary curator, translator and editor and director of the Wales-based platform Literature Across Frontiers. She has some thirty publications to her name as editor and translator. Her most recent publications are anthologies of emerging European writers \u003cem\u003eZero Hours on the Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUlysses’ Cat\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDream of a Journey: Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003eby Kateřina Rudčenková, all from Parthian Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Iryna Zahladko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55699418644856,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/9781913830939.jpg?v=1791892353","url":"https:\/\/www.parthianbooks.com\/products\/make-up-tips-for-the-sick-hardback","provider":"Parthian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}