Book record
Corazón de pelícano
Lasana Sekou
Translated from Spanish by María Teresa Ortega
Reading Corazón de pelícano as part of this translated poetry project means letting Lasana Sekou’s work reach English through María Teresa Ortega without requiring it to become immediately familiar. The book suggests Lasana Sekou’s Caribbean crossing of Spanish and Saint Martin identity, with the pelican heart as creature, emblem, and restless civic body. That matters because translation is not only a recovery of content; it is also a change in atmosphere, a new body for cadence, silence, and pressure. Published by House of Nehesi Publishers, this entry gives readers a way to move through Saint Martin by way of language rather than tourism. I would keep the description rooted in feeling, image, and readerly permission.
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- House of Nehesi Publishers
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Saint Martin
- ISBN
- 9780913441930