despegue / departure

By Víctor Rodríguez Núñez

Book Overview

V ctor Rodr guez N ez's prize-winning despegue / departure is a book about poetry, place, and belonging. Its rich, challenging, and subversive sonnets reveal the complexities and possibilities of Cuban contemporary poetry to a new English-language audience. Rodr guez N ez speaks to a global generation of exiles and those whose hearts remain forever elsewhere, those who have found another home. despegue / departure is an original, inventive and unflinching examination of what it means to leave, to be left behind, and of our ability to stay.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1916938256
• ISBN13: 9781916938250
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"