Book record
Kawsay : La Llama de la Selva / Kawsay
Maria Vazquez Valdez
Translated from Spanish by Margaret Randall
María Vázquez Valdez’s Kawsay: La Llama de la Selva / Kawsay, translated by Margaret Randall, brings the Mexican section into relation with Indigenous language, forest life, and the word “kawsay,” often associated with life or living. The bilingual title asks the reader to hold more than one linguistic and cultural frame at once. A flame of the jungle suggests vitality, danger, ritual, and ecological presence. Published by The Operating System, the book belongs in the library as a work of life-force and cultural crossing. I would describe it carefully as a text that asks English to listen beyond itself, where translation is not a replacement but an encounter with another way of naming life.
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- The Operating System
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Mexico
- ISBN
- 9781946031358