{"product_id":"rilke-shake-9781939419545","title":"Rilke Shake","description":"\u003cp\u003eRilke Shake's title, a pun on milkshake, means in Portuguese just what it does in English. With frenetic humor and linguistic innovation, Angélica Freitas constructs a temple of delight to celebrate her own literary canon. In this whirlwind debut collection, first published in Portuguese in 2007, Gertrude Stein passes gas in her bathtub, a sushi chef cries tears of Suntory Whisky, and Ezra Pound is kept \"insane in a cage in pisa.\" Hilary Kaplan's translation is as contemporary and lyrical as the Portuguese-language original, a considerable feat considering the collection's breakneck pace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARD!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2016 PEN POETRY TRANSLATION PRIZE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No fabled saudade here, but the sound of an ocarina underwater in the Orinoco.\" -Paul Hoover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wry, painfully funny and moving, Kaplan's translation captures the formal invention and deadpan beauty of the original perfectly.\" -Sasha Dugdale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13359987\"\u003eAngélica Freitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoneme Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939419545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939419549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE012000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngélica Freitas\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1973) is the author of \u003ci\u003eRilke shake\u003c\/i\u003e (Cosac Naify, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eUm útero é do tamanho de um punho\u003c\/i\u003e (Cosac Naify, 2012). Her graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eGuadalupe\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), published by Companhia das Letras, was illustrated by Odyr Bernardi. Freitas's poems have been translated and published in German, Spanish, Swedish, Romanian, and English. She was awarded a Programa Petrobras Cultural writing fellowship in 2009. Freitas co-edits the poetry journal \u003ci\u003eModo de Usar \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e's translations of Brazilian poetry and fiction have been featured in \u003ci\u003eModern Poetry in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePEN America\u003c\/i\u003e, and on BBC Radio 4. Her writing on Brazilian poetry and poetics appears in eLyra, Jacket2, Rascunho, and the collection \u003ci\u003eDeslocamentos Críticos\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an M.F.A. from San Francisco State University. She received a 2011 PEN Translation Fund grant for her translation of \u003ci\u003eRilke Shake\u003c\/i\u003e. Kaplan lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoneme Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42642516574445,"sku":"9781939419545","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1eb572aa-5bcf-41c7-9b2d-7484351de4cc.jpg?v=1649103603","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/rilke-shake-9781939419545","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}