{"product_id":"saudade-9781556595172","title":"Saudade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Brimhall] allows us brief visions, glimpses, of experiences more lush and raw than our own.\"\u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With a stunning mastery of metaphor, linguistic precision, and a soulful determined vision, Brimhall''s work reveals an artist tuned to the significance of everyday experience.\"Dorianne Laux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Saudade\" is a Portuguese word referring to a quality of longing that has no direct translation into English. Inspired by stories from her Brazilian-born mother, Traci Brimhall''s third collectiona lush and startling \"autobiomythography\"is reminiscent of the rich imaginative worlds of Latin American magical realists. Set in the Brazilian Amazon, \u003cem\u003eSaudade\u003c\/em\u003e is one part ghost story, one part revival, and is populated by a colorful cast of characters and a recurring chorus of irreverent Marias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \"Incomplete Address to the Lord\":\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen I found that mass of scales and muscle,\u003cbr\u003esaw one anaconda twist around another, watched\u003cbr\u003ea split tongue flick the air, choosing me, black\u003cbr\u003eas the devil''s own and twice as thick, males coiled\u003cbr\u003earound the female tickling her back with their spurs,\u003cbr\u003eI knew I''d give anything to be her. I felt the pulse\u003cbr\u003ein my eyelid, tasted the ants that paraded over\u003cbr\u003emy plantains at night, drank all the darkness out\u003cbr\u003eof my wife''s breast. Lord, I''d rather be crazy\u003cbr\u003ethan broken . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTraci Brimhall\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of two previous poetry collections. She earned her PhD from Western Michigan University and is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Kansas State University. She lives in Manhattan, Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041319453015,"sku":"9781556595172","price":17.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781556595172.jpg?v=1750949799","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/saudade-9781556595172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}