{"product_id":"cattle-of-the-lord-rosa-alice-branco-9781571314826","title":"Cattle of the Lord: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLove. Sex. Death. Meat. Traffic. Pets. In \u003cem\u003eCattle of the Lord\u003c\/em\u003e, Rosa Alice Branco offers a stunning poetic vision at once sacred and profane, a rich evocation of daily life troubled by uneasy sacramentality.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a collection translated by Alexis Levitin and presented in both Portuguese and English, readers find themselves in a world turned upside down: darkly comic, sensual, and rife with contradiction. Here, liturgical words become lovers' invitations. Cows moo at the heavens. And chickens are lessons on the resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the collection, Branco's unorthodox--even blasphemous--religious sensibility yields something ultimately hopeful: a belief that the physical, the quotidian, and the animalistic are holy, too. Flesh, in all its meanings--the body of the other, caressed; the animals we abuse, and eat; the sacrificial offering of Christ--demands reverence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting at the boundaries of sense and mystification, combining sensuous lyrics and wit with theological interrogation, Branco breaks down what we think we know about religion, faith, and what it means to be human. \"Lord, how much compassion will it take for you,\" her speaker cries, \"To be godfather at the Sunday barbecue?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosa Alice Branco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1571314822\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571314826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/02\/2017","brand":"Rosa Alice Branco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985168826623,"sku":"9781571314826","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9c48606-84f6-46d6-ac60-785f503e9f1d.jpg?v=1683275958","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cattle-of-the-lord-rosa-alice-branco-9781571314826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}