{"product_id":"one-impossible-step-orides-fontela-9781643621555","title":"One Impossible Step: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA selection of extraordinarily condensed, emotionally complex, philosophical poems by one of the most unique and highly regarded 20th century Brazilian poets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her lifetime, Orides Fontela resisted all labels, all attempts to situate her work in a particular movement, school, tendency, or tradition. Here, in her first ever English-language collection, Fontela's poetry continues to defy easy categorization. In these concise, meditative poems, Fontela's bird and flower, water and stone, blood and star can be read as symbols, indicating a possible tendency toward mysticism. Including an illuminating statement of poetics and excerpts from her often acerbic interviews, \u003cem\u003eOne Impossible Step\u003c\/em\u003e introduces English-language audiences to an iconoclast who remains one across languages and decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Orides Fontela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643621556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643621555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Nightboat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Orides Fontela","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068087464191,"sku":"9781643621555","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fe0a715-b777-4a48-bf6a-5ceb64f2d68f.jpg?v=1685416956","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-impossible-step-orides-fontela-9781643621555","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}