{"product_id":"other-letters-to-milena","title":"Other Letters to Milena","description":"\u003cem\u003eOther Letters to Milena\u003c\/em\u003e is a translation of a mixedgenre work by acclaimed Cuban poet Reina María Rodríguez in which poetry merges into creative nonfiction, culminating in a series of essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished in Spanish as \u003cem\u003eOtras cartas a Milena\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOther Letters to Milena\u003c\/em\u003e shows Rodríguez confronting pressing issues at the turn of the twenty first century. These involve a new postSoviet world and the realities of diasporic existence, which have a profound effect even on people like Rodríguez who have not migrated but continue to live and work in their home nation. The book’s title references  Franz Kafka, whose  \u003cem\u003eLetters to Milena\u003c\/em\u003e was published after his death in 1952, signals that Rodríguez participates in her city’s long cosmopolitan  tradition asserted by Cuban writers and scholars of Cuban literature. Rodríguez’s youngest daughter, featured most prominently in the letters making up the collection’s centerpiece, “A Girl’s Story,” was named after Milena Jesenská, the recipient of Kafka’s letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the poems provided in a bilingual format, the collection will be of interest both to English readers in general (this will be the first English translation of a complete  Rodríguez collection not excerpted from a larger work) and to Spanish readers unable to obtain the collection in any form, given the difficulty of distributing Cuban literature outside that country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the book Dykstra has included a critical commentary. It clarifies many of the author’s references, such as details pertaining to her family history  items  Dykstra learned during lengthy discussions with the author about her work  and influences about her choices in the translation.","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55319104323928,"sku":"9780817358013","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780817358013_41983f6c-8f33-471e-8340-e7c6ec885b01.jpg?v=1771663554","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/other-letters-to-milena","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}