{"product_id":"the-crossed-out-swastika-9781556593796","title":"The Crossed-Out Swastika","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Cassells is a passionate poet whose poems touch the core of human connection through which can flow union with the infinite. Highly recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCyrus Cassells'' fifth book commemorates the blazing integrity of young people caught in the vise of World War II. In its journey through the \"anti-miracle\" of Europe''s embattled past, \u003ci\u003eThe Crossed-Out Swastika\u003c\/i\u003e follows the lives of historical and semi-fictional characters to unearth and amplify moments of almost impossible music, bravery, beauty, and redemption, illuminating the human spirit against unspeakable tyranny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoet, from cellar to cellar, I remember\u003cbr\u003eI held onto, of all things,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea picture book about a magical goat,\u003cbr\u003einscribed by my witty father:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis storybook belongs\u003cbr\u003eto Mademoiselle Sabine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe way Paris once belonged\u003cbr\u003eto Marie Antoinette—\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomehow having that book\u003cbr\u003ehelped me to endure . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCyrus Cassells\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in the Mojave Desert. He graduated from Stanford University and has worked as a translator, film critic, and actor; he currently teaches poetry in the MFA program at Texas State University–San Marcos. He lives in Austin, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041319420247,"sku":"9781556593796","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556593796.jpg?v=1750949797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-crossed-out-swastika-9781556593796","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}