{"product_id":"donkeys-ears","title":"Donkey's Ears","description":"A 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":54227024576856,"sku":"9780571204267","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571204267.jpg?v=1749604508","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/donkeys-ears","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}