Return of the River: The Selected Poems of Roberto Sosa - Softcover

Sosa, Roberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880684802 ISBN 13: 9781880684801

Publisher: Curbstone Books, 2001

Synopsis

Return of the River presents a wide selection of Roberto Sosa's poetry in superb translations by JoAnne Engelbert. Covering politics, state oppression, poverty and privilege, Sosa writes in rich, clear language, transcending his personal experience and capturing the universal. 

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About the Author

ROBERTO SOSA was an author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He published over a dozen books of poetry and prose, as well as two anthologies of Honduran literature. He also worked as a magazine editor, a journalist, and a professor until his death in 2011. 

JOANNA ENGELBERT is Professor Emeritus at Montclair State College and currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida.
 

Reviews

Although Sosa is Honduras's leading contemporary poet, he is far from a household name beyond his homeland. Publication of this bilingual collection, which offers a well-chosen, representative selection from all nine of his poetic works, is an important step toward ending that undeserved neglect. The trajectory of Sosa's work moves from the experimental "Calligrams" to the political commitment of his middle period, then modulates to the erotic "The Lifted Mask" and the elegiac "The Weeping of Things." Through this thematic variety, Sosa maintains a simple, short, direct style, as exemplified by the fundamental "My Father," which the translations accurately convey. By their very nature, these verses outlast and transcend the political vicissitudes of both the poet and the state that engendered them. A much more diverse offering than the previous Difficult Days (LJ 9/15/83), this is likely to be Sosa's definitive collection in English for some time to come. Lawrence Olszewski, OCLC Lib., Dublin, OH

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Edition details

• Publisher: Curbstone Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1880684802
• ISBN 13: 9781880684801
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 100