{"product_id":"waste-land-1","title":"Waste Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Chosen as a \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman, Financial Times, Observer \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Year **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot’s celebrated poem\u003ci\u003e The Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eits centenary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A rattling good story’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A work of art’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e has been called the ‘World’s Greatest Poem’. It has been labelled the most truthful poem of its time; it has been branded a masterful fake. More than a century after its publication in 1922, T. S. Eliot’s enigmatic masterpiece remains one of the most influential works ever written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a remarkable feat of biography, Matthew Hollis reconstructs the creation of the poem and brings the material reality of its charged times vividly to life. He reveals the cultural and personal trauma that forged \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e through the lives of its protagonists — Ezra Pound, who edited it; Vivien Eliot, who sustained it; and T. S. Eliot himself, whose private torment is woven into the seams of the work. The result is an unforgettable story of lives passing in opposing directions and the astounding literary legacy they would leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396746879358,"sku":"NW9780571297221","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780571297221.jpg?v=1778605473","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/waste-land-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}