{"product_id":"special-operation-paperback","title":"Special Operation - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Pawlak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSpecial Operation\u003c\/em\u003e, Mark Pawlak bears witness to war with moral urgency and precision. Soldiers retrieve frost-covered bodies stacked in trenches \"and we must remember to remain human\u003cem\u003e.\" \u003c\/em\u003eBlood pools on a sidewalk; cups of tea remain warm beside the dead. Each image strikes like a match in darkness, briefly illuminating how people endure, resist and continue to see. In a Brechtian spirit, these poems insist on truth stripped of consolation, asking readers not to look away but to reckon. Pawlak's compressed, lyrical lines cut through silence to reveal the costs of war--and the fragile, stubborn humanity still under fire. \u003cem\u003e --Dzvinia Orlowsky, author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThose Absences Now Closest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e and\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBad Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Pawlak, Mark\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 43\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 6.1 x 9.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878623797555,"sku":"9781957372228","price":19.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rIfEJ5hG6D9781957372228.webp?v=1787199836","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/special-operation-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}