The hand of the hand / Laura Vazquez ; translated by Limited Connection Collective : Shira Abramovich and Lénaïg Cariou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vazquez, Laura, 1986- author.

Contributor:

Abramovich, Shira, translator.

Cariou, Lénaïg, 1993- translator.

Ugly Duckling Presse, publisher.

Standardized Title:

Main de la main. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

French poetry--21st century.

French poetry.

French poetry--21st century--Translations into English.

Poetry, Modern--21st century.

Poetry, Modern.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

113 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm

Edition:

First edition

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Ugly Duckling Presse, 2025.

Language Note:

Full text in English translation and then in original French.

Summary:

"The Hand of the Hand brings us to a future or an alternate universe in which earth, animal, and human intertwine--where stomachs have meadows, milk pours itself over trees, and flies wash the dead. Vazquez pulls deceptively simple, bare language into puzzling formations, creating an ambient unease. By turns lyrical and absurd, The Hand of the Hand explores the mystery and strangeness of what it means to be both speech and body, tongue and dirt." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The hand of the hand. The forest of my stomach. The shape of my forest ; The skin on winter's skin

The bronchi of the black plants. I bring you the honey ; Like the honey, the wine, the milk ; Like invisible things ; Ants jump in the branches

When jaws tighten. Without the face ; What was found by the roadside upon leaving the house ; The illness of stones

The words. Laying down the faces ; Big lake ; A big life ; It's you, these are your bones!

La main de la main. La forêt de mon ventre. La forme de ma forêt ; La peau sur la peau de l'hiver

Les bronches des plantes noires. Je t'apporte le miel ; Comme le miel, le vin, le lait ; Comme les choses invisibles ; Des fourmis sautent dans les branches

Quand les joues se serrent. Sans la figure ; La découverte prés de la route a la sortie de la maison ; La maladie des pierres

Les paroles. Coucher les faces ; Grand lac ; La grande vie ; C'est toi, ce sont tes os!

Translators' note: the hands of translation.

Notes:

"Originally published as La Main de la main. Cheyne Editeur, Devesset, France, 2014."--colophon.

"Albertine Translation"--back cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1946604453

9781946604453

OCLC:

1517293958