{"product_id":"9781780370194","title":"New \u0026 Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Szirtes came to Britain as an eight-year-old refugee after the Hungarian uprising in 1956. Educated in England, he trained as a painter, and has always written in English. This comprehensive retrospective of his work covers poetry from over a dozen collections written over four decades, with a substantial gathering of new poems. It was published on his 60th birthday in 2008 at the same time as the first critical study of his work, \u003cem\u003eReading George Szirtes\u003c\/em\u003e by John Sears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his family’s knowledge and experience of war, occupation and the Holocaust, as well as by loss, danger and exile, all of Szirtes’ poetry covers universal themes: love, desire and illusion; loyalty and betrayal; history, art and memory; humanity and truth. Throughout his work there is a conflict between two states of mind, the possibility of happiness and apprehension of disaster. These are played out especially in his celebrated long poems and extended sequences, \u003cem\u003eThe Photographer in Winter, Metro, The Courtyards, An English Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReel\u003c\/em\u003e, all included here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of The King's Gold Medal for Poetry, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the T.S. Eliot Prize \u003c\/em\u003e(for \u003cem\u003eReel\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549118386417,"sku":"9781780370194","price":15.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781780370194_p0.jpg?v=1765544896","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780370194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}