Book record
Voice of a virtuosa and courtesan
Margherita Costa
Translated from Italian by Joan E. Borrelli
Voice of a virtuosa and courtesan, translated from the Italian by Joan E. Borrelli, brings Margherita Costa's Italian-language work into English through Bordighera Press. Published in 2015, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Costa’s title foregrounds performance, gender, artifice, and social power, reminding readers how old the politics of voice really are. A useful way into the book is to listen for what the translation makes possible: not a perfect replacement of the original, but a new body of sound. The poems carry Italy into English without becoming a cultural brochure. They ask for attention, and they reward the reader who lets uncertainty remain useful.
- Published
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bordighera Press
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- ISBN
- 9781599540931