The Donkey's Ears Paperback / softback
by Douglas Dunn
Paperback / softback
Description
A wonderfully sustained narrative poem, full of the resonances and repercussions attendant on the end of an era, The Donkey's Ears 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:08/05/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571204267
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Faber & Faber
- Publication Date:08/05/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780571204267
