{"product_id":"9781906188115","title":"Taking Mesopotamia","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Lewis, Jenny \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/03\/2014,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 96 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781906188115,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking Mesopotamia was originally inspired by Jenny Lewis's search for her lost father  -  the young South Wales Borderer who fought in the ill-fated Mesopotamian campaign of World War I. Through reconstructed diary extracts, witness statements, formal poems and free verse, the book extends into a wider exploration of the recent Iraq wars. It also includes translations of a number of the poems into Arabic, and photographs taken by Lewis's father on campaign in 1916. Woven throughout the book is a strand inspired by The Epic of Gilgamesh, whose themes of hubris, abuse of power and fear of death show us how little the world has changed in four thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42481910546476,"sku":"9781906188115","price":9.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781906188115.jpg?v=1706136304","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.pro\/products\/9781906188115","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}