{"product_id":"2026100009000-secondhand-poems","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Fowles — celebrated author of The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Magus — reveals an altogether different creative dimension in Poems, a rare and intimate collection that strips away the elaborate narrative architecture of his novels to expose the raw, lyrical core of his imagination. Published by The Ecco Press, this slender volume presents verse that is at once personal and philosophical, grounded in the natural world of the English countryside yet reaching toward broader existential questions of freedom, identity, and the elusive nature of beauty.\n\nFowles brings to his poetry the same penetrating intelligence and brooding romanticism that define his prose, crafting lines that reward slow, careful reading. His verse carries the unmistakable stamp of a writer deeply versed in the French existentialist tradition and the English Romantic canon, drawing on both to illuminate the tensions between solitude and connection, nature and artifice. For admirers of Fowles who believe they know his work intimately, Poems offers a quietly startling encounter — a reminder that even the most familiar literary voice can still surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342781554907,"sku":"2026100009000-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/87725d97-483c-4443-902c-973cd30b3387.png?v=1790049488","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009000-secondhand-poems","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}