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No gods live here : selected poems
Title
No gods live here : selected poems / Conceição Lima, translated from the Portuguese by Shook.
ISBN
9781646053322
164605332X
9781646053339
Edition
First US edition.
Publication
Dallas, Texas : Phoneme Media, Deep Vellum, 2024.
Physical Description
255 pages ; 23 cm
Summary
"One of the few book-length poetry collections from São Tomé to appear in English, Lima's poetry is grounded in place and history of the region. A career-spanning collection from Sao Tomean master Conceicao Lima, No Gods Live Here summons the intricacies of her personal history of the landscape with the complicated lineage of the region. Lima houses the cruelties of the country's past alongside childhood memories, flora, and fauna. Through vivid imagery, Lima's deep evocations of São Tomé extend from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while ever-aware of the subjective meeting of memory, time, and place. Through poetry, Lima brings past and present together to resurrect hope in human creation and the possibility of metamorphosis"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English; Portuguese
Added to Catalog
April 23, 2024
Partial contents
From The womb of the house = O útero da casa (2004)
From The painful root of the Micondó = A dolorosa raiz do Micondó (2006)
From The country of Akendenguê = O país de Akendenguê (2011)
A dádiva = The gift
Os fantasmas elementares = Elemental ghosts
Quando florirem dalambás no Tecto do Pico = When velvet tamarinds flower on Pico São Tomé (2014)
New poems.
Genre/Form
poetry.
Poetry.
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