{"product_id":"the-circle-line","title":"The Circle Line","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"The figurative subtlety and range of these poems made this book an imaginative feast. Throughout, I had a sense that I was being presented the story of a life by means of a deeper language, as if Jorn Ake has figured out how to speak directly through the feelings that attach to actions, objects and memories. With a work this metaphorical, I look at what recurs—the desert and childhood, photography and music, violence on a personal and political scale—and there is an ongoing, loving nod to the artists who have shaped this poet's mind. I also sense that what drives his work is a desire to characterize the feeling of a time period, the later 20th century, with all its 'blindness\/flying moth-crazy about the light.' I cannot turn away from these poems. This is a fascinating book\"—Bob Hickok.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jorn Ake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615442362748,"sku":"9781935218081","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781935218081_e6972f99-cf0d-41b2-8814-aea0c2f1bbc7.jpg?v=1726575736","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-circle-line","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}