Book record
Language Is a Revolver for Two
Mario Montalbetti
Translated from Spanish by Clare Sullivan
Reading Language Is a Revolver for Two as part of this translated poetry project means letting Mario Montalbetti’s work reach English through Clare Sullivan without requiring it to become immediately familiar. The book suggests Mario Montalbetti’s language-centered poetics, where speech, violence, intimacy, and theory share the same small, dangerous chamber. 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 Ugly Duckling Presse, this entry gives readers a way to move through Peru by way of language rather than tourism. I would keep the description rooted in feeling, image, and readerly permission.
- Published
- 2018
- Publisher
- Ugly Duckling Presse
- Language
- Spanish
- Country
- Peru
- ISBN
- 9781946433176