South Pole/Polo Sur

by Maria Teresa Ogliastri

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Yvette Neisser Moreno and Patricia Bejarano Fisher. Mar a Teresa Ogliastri's SOUTH POLE/POLO SUR is a bilingual edition of a collection of poems that in its original Spanish has been celebrated as a triumph of the imagination. Publication of SOUTH POLE/POLO SUR presents this accomplished Venezuelan poet to English-speaking readers for the first time. Ogliastri brings her own brand of magic realism to her subject; in doing so, she has created a mythic journey imbued with ancient mythology, twentieth century cultural icons, and the immediate perspective born of her native Venezuela--and beyond. SOUTH POLE/POLO SUR is the accomplishment of an unflinching vision, the story of "an average man who treasured a dream of grandeur." It is that rare achievement, a tribute to the passion of life as it is meant to be lived in its fullest.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1450778135
• ISBN13: 9781450778138
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Settlement House Books
• Length: 88 Pages