{"product_id":"9788433948984","title":"BY 2040","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTO 2040\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn urgent open letter addressed to the future, \u003cstrong\u003eTO 2040\u003c\/strong\u003e is the latest work by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jorie Graham. From the window of a radiation therapy room, the poetic voice observes an apocalyptic world where rain must be translated and birds, connected to the network, replay recordings of their extinct ancestors. With cinematic precision, Graham acts as historian, cartographer, and prophet to reveal multiple potential futures, from reshaped coastlines to a close-up of a worm in the soil. This poetry collection confronts us with the profound beauty of what we are destroying while we search for an orientation that may no longer be within our reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book begins with a question that resonates like an affirmation: \"Are we \/ perhaps already extinct. Whose is \/ the map.\" From there, the poems are sung by someone writing those very lines while undergoing cancer treatment. What she sees on the other side of the glass are the remnants of a ruined earth. In this scenario, silence rumbles louder than speech and nature has been colonized by technology. Through a gaze that spans from aerial views of climate-altered coasts to close-ups of underground life, the author explores the loss of species, the disappearance of the names we gave them, and the soundtrack of sirens among the rubble. It is, in essence, a meditation on extinction and memory, written from the urgency of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain Themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe climate crisis and its apocalyptic consequences.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe extinction of species and the loss of the language to name them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTechnology as a substitute for nature and memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe fragility of the human body in the face of illness and the planet's degradation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe search for orientation and meaning in a world in ruins.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is aimed at readers of contemporary poetry engaged with the great issues of our time, especially climate change and the planet's survival. It will also interest those looking for a work that combines personal introspection with a prophetic and political vision, as well as followers of the career of Jorie Graham, one of the most influential voices in English-language poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA unique poetic perspective that fuses the intimate experience of illness with the global ecological crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eImages of such visual and cinematic power that they transform the reader's perception of the future.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn urgent reflection on the beauty of what is being lost and the need to name the catastrophe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn exercise in prophecy and memory that invites us to rethink our relationship with time and nature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e GRAHAM, JORIE\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e La Bella Varsovia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eTopic:\u003c\/strong\u003e INDIVIDUAL POETS' POETRY, SOCIAL PROSPECTIVE, FUTUROLOGY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e LA BELLA VARSOVIA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 470 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial Assessment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTO 2040\u003c\/strong\u003e is a work that transcends the boundaries of the poetic genre to become a document of our time. Jorie Graham succeeds in merging personal experience and collective catastrophe into a voice that is both intimate and universal. Her ability to create images that remain etched on the retina—a bird repeating a recording, rain that needs translation—makes this book a disturbing and necessary read. For audiences interested in poetry that engages with science, politics, and ecology, this work represents a pinnacle of contemporary lyricism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LA BELLA VARSOVIA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407183438171,"sku":"9788433948984","price":19.18,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978843394898.jpg?v=1781849467","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788433948984","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}