Publisher's Synopsis
WINNER OF THE 2016 BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD!
WINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD!
FINALIST FOR THE 2016 PEN POETRY TRANSLATION PRIZE!
"No fabled saudade here, but the sound of an ocarina underwater in the Orinoco." Paul Hoover
"Wry, painfully funny and moving, Kaplan's translation captures the formal invention and deadpan beauty of the original perfectly." Sasha Dugdale