{"product_id":"9788418782633","title":"HOW TO WASH A HEART","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHOW TO WASH A HEART\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eBook summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is the first Spanish translation of Bhanu Kapil, winner of the prestigious T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Through forty poems divided into five parts, the author explores the experience of an immigrant hosted by a white, middle-class couple. With a raw and poetic gaze, Kapil lays bare the fragility of hospitality, the anxiety of exile, and the invisible wounds of those living in precarious situations. A book that expands the boundaries of poetry to address the uncomfortable and the unresolvable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to Wash a Heart delves into the life of an immigrant who is taken into the home of a white, liberal, middle-class couple. Each poem functions as an episode that captures an intense emotional response to the excesses or transgressions of her host. The author examines how hospitality can become a veiled form of hostility, exposing the emptiness of certain gestures of inclusion and care. In tune with \"broken heart\" syndrome—the anguish and humiliation endured by an exiled person—Kapil constructs a poetry that remakes itself to accommodate uncomfortable truths about racism, violence, and the diaspora. It is a work that defies literary conventions to express what seems impossible to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe experience of immigration and exile in precarious conditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe ambiguity of hospitality and its potential drift into hostility.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eEveryday racism and microaggressions in liberal contexts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe diaspora and the fragmented identity of those living between two cultures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"broken heart\" as a metaphor for the anguish and humiliation of the dispossessed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at readers interested in contemporary avant-garde poetry that addresses political and social issues with lyrical sensitivity. It will also be of great interest to those looking for works that explore the migrant experience, structural racism, and the contradictions of inclusion from an innovative literary perspective. It is an essential read for lovers of poetry that challenges the boundaries of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA poetic and raw look at the emotional fragility of the exiled person.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA profound reflection on how hospitality can conceal power dynamics and exclusion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA work awarded the T. S. Eliot Prize, a benchmark of contemporary British poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA unique voice that expands the expressive possibilities of poetry to address the uncomfortable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn introduction to the work of a fundamental author of the Indian diaspora in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Bhanu Kapil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Ediciones La Uña Rota\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSubject: Poetry, plays, theatrical texts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eCollection: Libros Inútiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date: March 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eNumber of pages: 108\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 158 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow to Wash a Heart is a work that transcends conventional poetry to become a lyrical testimony to the wounds of exile. The voice of Bhanu Kapil, recognized with the T. S. Eliot Prize, offers a necessary perspective on the contradictions of hospitality and racism in seemingly inclusive contexts. Her language, at once restrained and heartbreaking, invites a slow and reflective reading. It is a literary proposal of high value for those who seek poetry that does not avoid discomfort or the complexity of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EDICIONES LA UÑA ROTA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407428411739,"sku":"9788418782633","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978841878263.jpg?v=1781855503","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788418782633","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}