{"product_id":"think-of-lampedusa-paperback-softback-9781496200426","title":"Think of Lampedusa (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496200426","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThink of Lampedusa\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\"\u003eJosué Guébo (Author), Todd Fredson (Translated by), John Keene (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496200426\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e90 pages, none\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 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\u003cdiv\u003e“Defiantly elegant. It is elegy and evocation, a summoning of the dead as a chorus speaking to those who do not see, or do not care, to remind them of the consciousness of Earth and of history’s will to life, and the ordering of change. . . . The poet’s hand is essential to our redemption.”-Afaa M. Weaver, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Plum Flower Dance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMultitudes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“I can’t help but be moved by this large ambition of JosuÉ GuÉbo, by his impossible task of bringing together poetics as different as those of Whitman and MallarmÉ, by his huge desire to give a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves and \u003ci\u003ealso\u003c\/i\u003e to find the secret of lyric utterance.”-Ilya Kaminsky, author of \u003ci\u003eDancing in Odessa\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMusica Humana\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA collection of serial poems, \u003ci\u003eThink of Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the 2013 shipwreck that killed 366 Africans attempting to migrate secretly to Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea. The crossing from North Africa to this island and other Mediterranean way stations has become the most dangerous migrant route in the world. Interested in what is producing such epic displacement, JosuÉ GuÉbo’s poems combine elements of history and mythology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e GuÉbo considers the Mediterranean not only as a literal space but also as a space of expectation, anxiety, hope, and anguish for migrants. He meditates on the long history of narratives and bodies trafficked across the Mediterranean Sea. What did it-and what does it-connect and separate? Whose sea is it? Ultimately he is searching for what motivates a person to become part of what he calls a “seasonal suicide epidemic.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This translation of GuÉbo’s \u003ci\u003eSonge À Lampedusa\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Tchicaya U Tam’si Prize for African Poetry, is a searing work from a major African poet.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by John Keene    \u003cbr\u003e Translator’s Note    \u003cbr\u003e Think of Lampedusa    \u003cbr\u003e Notes    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685664354584,"sku":"9781496200426","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/think-of-lampedusa-paperback-softback-9781496200426","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}