{"product_id":"9781922198020","title":"The Wait-a-While Vine: Fukuoka; The Wait-a-While Vine","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFukuoka\u003c\/strong\u003e relates the experiences of two Australian brothers, Alf and Wally, in a prisoner-of-war camp in Japan during the Second World War, expressed in poetry in the voice of the surviving brother Alf.  \u003cp\u003eBased on the lives of his own great-uncles, Andrew Sneddon’s poetry captures the intimacy that exists between brothers, while reflecting on the psychology of the human condition in ways that transcend the particular.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSneddon’s verse contemplates life and death, brutality and kindness, beauty and horror, courage and cowardice. It reflects on suffering and the consequences of suffering.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach poem — some bleak, some uplifting, some confronting and others soothing — will move readers in different ways. \u003cstrong\u003eFukuoka\u003c\/strong\u003e is poetry for those who question what it is to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Orb Creative","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154243404016,"sku":"9781922198020","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922198020_p0.jpg?v=1763633814","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922198020","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}