{"product_id":"old-music-island-odette-alonso-9781803096704","title":"Old Music Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA translated collection from one of the defining poetic voices in Cuban and Mexican literature. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Music Island\u003c\/i\u003e is a sensuous, dreamlike poetry collection by Odette Alonso, a leading voice in contemporary Cuban and Mexican literature. Born in Santiago de Cuba and living in Mexico since 1992, Alonso is an award-winning poet whose work transforms exile, desire, and memory into sites of lyrical and emotional intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese poems move to the rhythm of nostalgia and smoke. The collection begins with a dream of light and song. The intimate encounter, always an island, is surrounded by the sea experience, and an exchange of glances is but a threshold into the vast expanse. Then comes fear, the fuss of hands, brackish tongue, a conflagration. Only those daring to enter will learn the patterns of the tide and the arrhythmia of the heart. The collection is a somatic encounter of tastes, touch, comings and goings, surprise, and seduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Liz Rose, whose work bridges lyric practice, trans theory, and feminist thought, \u003ci\u003eOld Music Island\u003c\/i\u003e offers an English-language rendering that honors the book's lush musicality and charged physical presence. This is poetry of fleeting contact and lasting imprint--an invitation to listen closely, and to cross the threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Odette Alonso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803096705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803096704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Odette Alonso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801333739775,"sku":"9781803096704","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/old-music-island-odette-alonso-9781803096704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}