{"product_id":"gestuary-paperback","title":"Gestuary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvie Kandé\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNancy Naomi Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly imagined, physically charged poetry collection in which history, myth, and protest are transformed into lyrical gestures.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sylvie Kandé's \u003ci\u003eGestuary\u003c\/i\u003e offers a collection of gestures--of death and life, of tenderness and brutality--that fractures the flow of time. Senegalese riflemen from World War I are juxtaposed with migrants at borders who sew their lips shut in protest over immigration policies. In dream-like sequences, the dead refuse to stay underground and \"push against the fence \/ that swings between our realm and theirs.\" Inspired by unexpected sources, including jazz, sculpture, the legacy of the slave trade, proverbs, and elements of Diola culture, Kandé's poems are rich in musicality and sophisticated syntax, rendered into a lyrical and luminous English by Nancy Naomi Carlson.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Paris to a French mother and a Senegalese father, \u003cb\u003eSylvie Kandé\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three acclaimed poetry collections. \u003cb\u003eNancy Naomi Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator whose translation of Khal Torabully's \u003ci\u003eCargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude\u003c\/i\u003e won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429320900857,"sku":"9781803096087","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hdQY2CM1bL9781803096087.webp?v=1771445092","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/gestuary-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}