The Translator's Sister
A work that rewrites memory of a dead sister through poems and translation. It treats loss as something held in the seams of language itself.
Work Information
Loss is spoken again through poetry and translation.
Mary Winegarden weaves in text by her sister Katharine Washburn, layering family history with literary experiment. The result is personal and formally inventive.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Mayapple Pr
- Published
- 2011-02-02
- Pages
- 81 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 0.64 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781936419029
- ISBN-10
- 1936419025
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction
Poetry. In response to the unexpected death of her sister Katharine Washburn, Mary Winegarden has taken on the challenge of translating their lives into living language. Using phrases from Washburn's work as her foil, Winegarden creates a beautiful portrait of the vital bonds of sisterhood. Crossing boundaries between prose and poetry, fiction and memoir, convention and experimentation, THE TRANSLATOR'S SISTER is resonant with the intimacy and humor of remembered details, alive with the urge to document, with love and its powerful complications, with loss translated into art. This shimmering conversation will sweep you in.