{"product_id":"poems-of-z","title":"Poems of Z","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Z' was an Eastern Bloc spy who at one time operated in London. He was recalled home, probably to be retired, and nothing further has been heard of him: all that we have to go on is a notebook of 40 startling poems that he left behind. Even his designation 'Z' seems to have been a private code, for a self which he kept even more secret than his undercover work—the self revealed in these poems, which are as much about his family and his childhood on a farm in Eastern Europe as they are about his espionage activities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe poems, written in English, are presented for publication by Paul Hyland, who believes that the pressures of Z's double life brought him to the shattering moral and emotional crisis which the poems record, and that 'in this crisis of self-examination Z became a poet'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Z asks \"What does the heart know\", and writes of his own tenderness and violence, duplicity and openness, his faithlessness and spiritual hunger. From his world within our world, employing our language, he casts a cool eye on England, \"the England I love\"... Here we have an extraordinary view of an extraordinary poetic development.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Poetry in English, Texts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780906427446\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hyland, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £5.58","offer_id":48017361305777,"sku":"SB-0906427444-C3","price":5.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0906427444.jpg?v=1791766405","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/poems-of-z","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}