{"product_id":"the-world-as-presence-el-mundo-como-ser-paperback-softback-9780817358846","title":"The World As Presence\/El Mundo Como Ser (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358846","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe World As Presence\/El Mundo Como Ser\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarcelo Morales (Author), Kristin Dykstra (Translated by), Kristin Dykstra (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358846\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e162 pages, 1 B\u0026amp;W figure\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 14.9 x 1.2 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Through Kristin Dykstra’s superb translation of \u003ci\u003eThe World as Presence\/El mundo como ser\u003c\/i\u003e, we see Marcelo Morales’s never-ending need to articulate, to question, and to be awed by what is important to him as intellectual, as citizen, as family member, and poet. While his concerns are often political, philosophical, and global, they are at the same time intricately and inseparably bound to the body and the personal life of the poet. Morales directly interrogates (in a context that does not encourage or support directness) both the Cuban past and present, and through his work we find reference to a number of important markers of Cuban history and culture. An unforgettable presence for the unforgettable tenseness of the present.”\u003cbr\u003e —Daniel Borzutzky, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Interfering Bodies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Performance of Becoming Human\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e|\u003cdiv\u003e“In this book, Morales achieves an impressive and deeply engaging balance, never abandoning a passionate commitment to a philosophical (perhaps phenomenological) investigation of the nature of being and presence, an affirmation of love, and ongoing attention to his family, all the while engaging Cuban political\/cultural history up to the present moment. \u003ci\u003eThe World as Presence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\/El mundo como ser \u003c\/i\u003eis the most insightfully contemporary book of Cuban poetry that I have ever read.”\u003cbr\u003e —Hank Lazer, author of \u003ci\u003ePoems Hidden in Plain View\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrush Mind: At Hand,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLyric \u0026amp; Spirit: Selected Essays 1996–2008\u003c\/i\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMarcelo Morales’s \u003ci\u003eThe World as Presence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\/El mundo como ser\u003c\/i\u003e showcases, for the first time in English, a challenging, bold, and vivid new voice in Cuban literature.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Marcelo Morales was born in Cuba in 1977. He is an established, prize-winning writer, yet he is younger in comparison to most of the Cuban poets known internationally, many of whom were born prior to the 1959 revolution. While older generations of Cuban poets have wrestled in their work with social and political critique, those critiques have often been articulated through formal experimentation and abstraction, unsurprising given the censorship and the real threats of punishment that dissident writers have faced. Morales, however, directly interrogates both the Cuban past and present. References to many significant moments, people, and issues in Cuban history and culture can be found throughout his work.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Along with references to the activist group “The White Ladies,” the 1976 bombing of Cuban Airlines Flight 455, and the military aid that Cubans provided to Angola during its fight for independence, Morales’s poetry follows a timeline ranging from Martí to Guevara to the day of the 2014 announcement by Obama and Castro that diplomatic relations between the two nations would finally be restored. As Cuba experiences a series of historically remarkable transitions, Morales emerges from this context to offer an incisive poetic account of this critical moment in Cuban, as well as world, history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World as Presence\/El mundo como ser\u003c\/i\u003e is both the debut of this work in any language and the first English translation of a complete Morales collection. Given the bilingual format, this book will be of interest both to English and Spanish readers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574395040024,"sku":"9780817358846","price":14.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-world-as-presence-el-mundo-como-ser-paperback-softback-9780817358846","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}