Dust Sucker (English, German, Paperback)

Dust Sucker is a remarkable new book-length poem by writer and translator Jen Calleja. Clear-eyed, expansive, and intoxicating, this exhilarating work deftly blurs disparate themes including time and mortality, communication and translation, intimacy and infertility. Presented as a deluxe bilingual bookwork, this 'contemplation of dust' explores the pollution of our environment - both at home and in nature - and the shoring of mental detritus. With unquestionable poignancy and flashes of sardonic wit, Calleja excavates her English-Irish-Maltese heritage, inherited anxieties, and ambivalence towards childlessness during climate crisis. Ultimately, Dust Sucker is triumphant proof that even when feeling dusty with despair, there exists a compulsion to find other means to traverse and communicate experience. This edition includes a German translation by award-winning Austrian poet Carolina Schutti; a companionable doppelganger befitting of a poem that finds connection across languages and in translation.

General

Imprint:	Makina Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Jen Calleja
Translators:	Carolina Schutti
Dimensions:	160 x 128 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	48
ISBN-13:	978-1-73961-600-7
Languages:	English • German
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-73961-600-6
Barcode:	9781739616007

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