Language Is a Revolver for Two by Mario Montalbetti and translated by Clare Sullivan

This is poetry from Peru.

Language Is a Revolver for Two by Mario Montalbetti translated by Clare Sullivan is published by Ugly Duckling Presse. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2018.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781946433176E12.

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.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.