{"product_id":"west-9781556596568","title":"West (9781556596568)","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556596568\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* \"Elegiac and shot through with righteous anger, this essential collection demands a national reckoning.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* \"A must-have for libraries.\" -Booklist,STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable collection offering history not typically told in textbooks.\"-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePunctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices, languages, literary forms and documents, \u003ci\u003eWest: A Translation\u003c\/i\u003eexplores what unites and divides America, drawing a powerful, necessary connection between the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the Chinese Exclusion Act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. The result is \u003ci\u003eWest: A Translation\u003c\/i\u003e-an unflinching hybrid collection of poems and essays that draws a powerful, necessary connection between the railroad's completion and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1943). Carved into the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station, where Chinese migrants to the United States were detained during the Chinese Exclusion Act, is a poem elegizing a detainee who committed suicide. As \u003ci\u003eWest\u003c\/i\u003e translates this anonymous Chinese elegy character by character, what's left is a haunting narrative distilled through the history and lens of transcontinental railroad workers, and a sweeping exploration of the railroad's cultural impact on America. Punctuated by historical images and told through multiple voices, languages, literary forms and documents, \u003ci\u003eWe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41527705829509,"sku":"PR385915","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TIVV362SN3YJ.jpg?v=1771938251","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/west-9781556596568","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}