Night in the North
Night in the North
Fabián Severo, translated by Laura Cesarco Eglin and Jesse Lee Kercheval
Night in the North is an autobiographical long poem that chronicles the author's experience growing up in Artigas, Uruguay, a linguistic and cultural borderland nestled between Brazil and Argentina. In a series of stark scenes, Severo revisits moments from his childhood, sketching a rare map of the subtle, yet violent, mechanisms that marginalize culturally specific communities. A luminous meditation on poverty and imaginative possibility.
PRAISE
"The speaker of Fabián Severo's remarkable book narrates the struggles of a life lived in a provincial town in Uruguay, but it is not the hardships that a reader will remember, but the hopes, the tender interiority, the intimate knowledge of a place this remarkable poet de-scribes. Rendered in precise and elegant English by Eglin and Kercheval, this book will be a revelation to American readers as it introduces a voice on uncommon clarity and sensitivity, both retrospective and pinned to a hopeful future, from a poet of great expressive gifts." —Mark Wunderlich
Review at World Literature Today
Poetry, English & Portuñol
Publication date: March 4, 2020
ISBN-13: 978-1732936348
Format: Softcover, 168 Pages, 6"x9"