{"product_id":"untranslatable-song-a-selection-of-the-vertical-poetry-of-roberto-juarroz-hardcover","title":"Untranslatable Song: A Selection of the Vertical Poetry of Roberto Juarroz - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Juarroz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWally Swist\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eKurt Lovelace\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStep into a book that keeps asking\u003c\/strong\u003e the question most poetry never dares to touch: \u003cstrong\u003e what if the \"bottom of things\" isn't where we think it is? \u003c\/strong\u003eThese selections from Roberto Juarroz's lifelong masterpiece, Vertical Poetry, \u003cstrong\u003eare a fierce, lucid meditation on consciousness, existence, and the flimsy borders we draw around reality.\u003c\/strong\u003e Here, life and death, presence and absence, self and world are not opposites but mirrors; the poems ask what lies beyond these tidy dualities, and what happens when they collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuarroz's lines stage strange, unforgettable moments: \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e hands that build the man they belong to\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ethoughts that leak into the world like rain\u003c\/strong\u003e, language that dissolves into a silence more eloquent than any word. Again and again, he goes searching for the \"untranslatable song,\"\u003cstrong\u003e the reverse side of light and sound\u003c\/strong\u003e where\u003cstrong\u003e meaning hides in what's missing\u003c\/strong\u003e. This collection invites the reader toward an impossible meeting point, where the gaze of the living crosses that of the dead, where the possible and the impossible briefly recognize each other. In that new, unclaimed space beyond time, Vertical Poetry \u003cstrong\u003edoesn't just describe reality;\u003cem\u003e it quietly, radically rewrites it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344422658355,"sku":"9781965784518","price":41.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/nroY1cCPKv9781965784518.webp?v=1778725539","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/untranslatable-song-a-selection-of-the-vertical-poetry-of-roberto-juarroz-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}