{"product_id":"9781780376998","title":"Translation of the Route","description":"Author: Laura Wittner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781780376998\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloodaxe\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned,award-winning Argentine poetLaura Wittner explores the specificities of parental and familial love, life after marriage, and the re-ignition of the self in middle age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 'things' of life  bus journeys, potted plants, thunder at night, coffee-stained books, fleeting conversations and the rest  are made full through Wittner's ability to pinpoint in them the consequential, and even the metaphysical, manipulating language with a translator's delicate skill. There are funny, moving pen-portraits of Wittner's two children, suddenly grown, as well as bell-clear descriptions of the task of writing. For this is also a collection about language itself  as an interface, as a surface, and as vital communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTranslation of the Route\u003c\/i\u003eedition, Wittner's first collection available in English translation, have been translated by the Mexican-Scottish bilingual poet and translator Juana Adcock, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eManca\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSplit\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLonglisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852896620702,"sku":"ADS-9781780376998","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781780376998.jpg?v=1779064495","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781780376998","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}