Title of translation:
Poems from Hasta que no haya luna
Original title:
Hasta que no haya luna
Original author:
Alan Smith Soto
Country of origin:
Costa Rica/US
Translator:
Katherine Hannula Hill
Date of source text publication:
2021
Date of translation publication:
2023
Abstract:
We present here, in English translation, a selection of poems from the latest book by the poet and translator Alan Smith Soto, Hasta que no haya luna [Till the Moon is No More] (2021), where the reader may witness a couple of fleeting moments in Madrid, a besieged house, an entry into town from a train window, a cafe in Jamaica Plain with its innocent generosity, and a childhood memory that could not be taken by the waves in Costa Rica. In straightforward language, Smith Soto offers us the understanding that the ordinary is extraordinary. [Adapted from the introduction by the translator, Katherine Hannula Hill]
Genre:
Poesía / Poetry
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