{"product_id":"the-donkeys-ears-faber-poetry-9780571204267","title":"The Donkeys Ears Faber Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wonderfully sustained narrative poem, full of the resonances and repercussions attendant on the end of an era, \u003cb\u003eThe Donkey''s Ears\u003c\/b\u003e depicts life aboard a Russian flagship just before the battle of Tsushima, 1905. It purports to be written by E.S. Politovsky, a ship''s engineer addressing his wife in letters back home. Known as ''The Trafalgar of the East'', Tsushima (which, translated from the Japanese, means ''The Donkey''s Ears'' - a description of the twin peaks of the islands) was the biggest naval gun-battle in history. The action of the poem takes place before the battle. A vividly realized claustrophobia prevails. Life below and on deck is brilliantly detailed as is the sense of incipient doom; one man''s voice (domestic, particular, yearning for wife and home comforts) pitched against the inexorable onslaught of events.","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403071398231,"sku":"9780571204267","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-donkeys-ears-faber-poetry-9780571204267","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}