num_pages: 52
description: Gorse Fires is an unusual artistic darkly austere, yet abundant in images, catalogues and syntactical virtuosity. Longley’s versions of Odysseus’ return to Ithaca and â€˜Ghetto’ – based on the polish ghettos – epitomize his concern with the meaning of home and family.
language: English
title: Gorse Fires
titlecomplete: Gorse Fires
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 27
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Poetry
publisher: Wake Forest Univ Pr