{"product_id":"translation-of-the-route-by-laura-wittner-9781780376998","title":"Translation of the Route","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn poems that are precise, frank and finely tuned, award-winning Argentine poet Laura Wittner explores the specificities of parental and familial love, life after marriage, and the re-ignition of the self in middle age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 'things' of life—bus journeys, potted plants, thunder at night, coffee-stained books, fleeting conversations and the rest—are made full through Wittner's ability to pinpoint in them the consequential, and even the metaphysical, manipulating language with a translator’s delicate skill. There are funny, moving pen-portraits of Wittner’s two children, suddenly grown, as well as bell-clear descriptions of the task of writing. For this is also a collection about language itself—as an interface, as a surface, and as vital communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslation of the Route\u003c\/em\u003e, Wittner’s first collection available in English translation, has been translated by the Mexican-Scottish bilingual poet and translator Juana Adcock, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eManca\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSplit\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600908599532,"sku":"9781780376998","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/de1b278b819b38eeb68171112a777348.jpg?v=1778019327","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/translation-of-the-route-by-laura-wittner-9781780376998","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}