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Frivolous Women and Other Sinners / Frívolas y pecadoras

Alicia Borinsky

Frivolous Women and Other Sinners / Frívolas y pecadoras
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Alicia Borinsky

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Translated by Cola Franzen and Alicia Borinsky
240 pages | 6 x 9
Cloth $28.00 ISBN: 9780974888149 Published May 2009
Tango and fairy tales mix freely in this seductive, irreverent, and sensual collection of poems. From a city that is at once Buenos Aires and all others, Alicia Borinsky brings to life reluctant mothers, slightly mad teachers, selfless wives, neighborhood witches, best friends, sworn enemies, torturers, vamps, cheats, and lovers—a gallery of characters who wink and boldly gaze back at us. Vignettes become poems and poems become vignettes, reflections that dance, reveal, conceal, enchant, confess, and dream. 

Frivolous Women invites us to visit the darker and lighter sides of laughter and love and feel the tenderness of recovered memories as we cross the bridges of relationships and stroll down the mysterious streets of childhood. Alicia Borinsky reminds us that the revelations of poetry are always intimate and dangerous. Cola Franzen’s agile and insightful translation, crafted in close collaboration with the poet, is faithful to the letter and spirit of the original Spanish in this bilingual edition.  
 

University of Arizona Poetry Center
"While the title almost implies a reproach, Frivolous Women and Other Sinners is a celebration of the eccentric, defiant, glamorous cast of characters who inhabit Borinsky’s poetry—women doing their level best to give sin a good name. In many ways, the collection invites comparison to Sappho. . . . Borinsky has both charm and core. . . . The English-language poems retain the bounce of the Spanish originals and are bursting with confidence."

Adam Eaglin | Words Without Borders
"It’s rare to find a poet who is as unabashedly narrative and playful as Borinsky. Add to that her pleasing idiosyncrasies in language and subject, and Borinsky’s new collection is an unusual and worthwhile read."

Regina Galasso | Translation Review

“The latest publication of the Borinsky-Franzen team, Frivolous Women and Other Sinners/Frívolas y pecadoras is one of Borinsky’s most powerful works to date. The original Spanish versions of the poems are sharp and witty, while their English translations are confident and creative. . . .This collection of poems exemplifies the collaborative endeavours of Borinsky and Franzen.”

Contents

Tiernas y calculadoras / Tender and Calculating

Rental Moms/Madres alquiladas

Teatro de marionetas / puppet theater

Timorous women / Mujeres timidas

The China Venus / La venus de China

Buenos aires: photographs in black and white

Sera una despedida? / Farewell?

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