Book record
Transparencies
Maria Borio
Translated from Italian by Danielle Pieratti
Transparencies by Maria Borio, translated from Italian by Danielle Pieratti and published by World Poetry Books, is a book rooted in Italy. Borio’s Transparencies, translated by Danielle Pieratti, suggests contemporary Italian poetry interested in what can be seen through, and what remains obscured even when surfaces turn clear. The title is quiet but not weak. Transparency can mean exposure, fragility, ethics, glass, or the body’s refusal to hide its inner weather. I would read this book for its handling of perception: how the visible world becomes layered, and how lyric speech can make clarity feel complicated rather than clean. The description should leave room for mystery, because the best entrance to a poem is often a felt disturbance before explanation.
- Publisher
- World Poetry Books
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy