{"product_id":"the-donkeys-ears","title":"Douglas Dunn: The Donkey's Ears [2000] paperback","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":"Dunn, Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47935841468755,"sku":"XG80571204267","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dunn-douglas-the-donkey-s-ears-xg80571204267-55271138361683.jpg?v=1728322517","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-donkeys-ears","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}