Shaler’s Fish

Fragmento de contraportada:

"Helen Macdonald received international acclaim for her award-winning memoir, H Is for Hawk. Prior to writing that book, she published a collection of poetry called Shaler’s Fish, which is now publishing in the US for the first time. Musical and syntactically daring, her poems probe what it means to be awake and watchful. In this brief selection, Macdonald focuses on images from a landscape—the ocean, a fox sparrow on blue stone, stars, roads “whose tunnels were hillsides,” a lot of light (“meticulous in its suffering” and “boring, beautiful light”)—and then turns inward to consider the human consciousness that witnesses, processes, and alters the landscape. Melodic, opulent, shrewd, incisive, these poems are a celebration of the natural world and a profound meditation on being alive in it".

"En esta breve selección, Macdonald se centra en imágenes de un paisaje: el océano, un gorrión zorro sobre piedra azul, estrellas, carreteras “cuyos túneles eran laderas”, mucha luz (“meticuloso en su sufrimiento” y “aburrida, hermosa luz ”), y luego se vuelve hacia adentro para considerar la conciencia humana que presencia, procesa y altera el paisaje. Melódicos, opulentos, astutos, incisivos, estos poemas son una celebración del mundo natural y una profunda meditación sobre estar vivo en él".