{"product_id":"9781780376998","title":"Translation of the Route","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned,award-winning Argentine poetLaura Wittner explores the specificities of parental and familial love, life after marriage, and the re-ignition of the self in middle age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe `things' of life - bus journeys, potted plants, thunder at night, coffee-stained books, fleeting conversations and the rest - are made full through Wittner's ability to pinpoint in them the consequential, and even the metaphysical, manipulating language with a translator's delicate skill. There are funny, moving pen-portraits of Wittner's two children, suddenly grown, as well as bell-clear descriptions of the task of writing. For this is also a collection about language itself - as an interface, as a surface, and as vital communication.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTranslation of the Route\u003c\/i\u003e is Laura Wittner's eleventh collection.The poems in this dual language Spanish-English edition, Wittner's first collection available in English translation, have been translated by the Mexican-Scottish bilingual poet and translator Juana Adcock, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eManca\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSplit\u003c\/i\u003e .\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Wittner","offers":[{"title":"Bloodaxe |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-11-15","offer_id":45663902957823,"sku":"9781780376998","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/6540e373813c0.jpg?v=1718225686","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781780376998","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}