{"product_id":"i-offer-my-heart-as-johanny-v-zquez-paz-9781617757631","title":"I Offer My Heart as a Target \/ Ofrezco Mi Corazã3n Como Una Diana","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncluded in the \u003cstrong\u003eAcademy of American Poets's Featured Fall Books for 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, this dual-language book explores perseverance and survival in the face of violence, displacement, and defeat.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Fall 2019 Adult Announcements (Poetry)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Rigoberto González: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA regular heartbeat is composed of the two sounds made when the blood flows through the organ as the valves contract. To listen to its rhythm through a stethoscope is to appreciate the slight distinction between two movements that are unequivocally connected--one beat calls, the other responds. Similarly, the two sections of Johanny Vázquez Paz's stunning book of poems offer the reader distinct tones powered by the same source: perseverance.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the first part, the speaker declares herself a survivor. Her story is rooted to a violent landscape that some may call home, though for this woman home is a battleground, her body ravaged by war...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe second part examines a much different challenge that presents itself to many immigrants: displacement. The speaker's struggle to hold on to her past, indeed her history, via her native Spanish language is compromised by the pressures of assimilation...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfrezco mi corazón como una diana\u003cem\u003e is a book of victory over silence and the truest testament to what it means to outlive that which has defeated or deflated many. If there's a spirit guiding the courage embedded in its pages, it must be the Phoenix, the miraculous being that rises from the ashes reborn, or rather, pieced together again. The heart beats once more. The woman reclaims the word.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johanny Vazquez Paz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617757632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617757631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2019 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/2020","brand":"Johanny Vazquez Paz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939245916415,"sku":"9781617757631","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_20aca76e-7342-4fb5-bccd-5742e7a4b1ea.jpg?v=1681440363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-offer-my-heart-as-johanny-v-zquez-paz-9781617757631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}