{"product_id":"9781784745851-southernmost-sonnets","title":"Southernmost: Sonnets","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid . A memoir of queer love, loss and migration … dazzling’ Karen McCarthy Woolf, author of \u003ci\u003eTop Doll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eIt all happened a long time ago, no one now remembers this story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003elet me tell you how it all happened, how we turned unholy.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthernmost\u003c\/i\u003e, Leo Boix takes us on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003espellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003evoyage through time and imagination, from the Argentina of his birth – ‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe end of the world, the antipode’ –\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e to a new life in England.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnearthing an old grief, the poet embarks on a glittering, encyclopaedic exploration of his own past and the Latin America he left behind: a continent haunted by the Europeans who once fixed their telescopes on its shores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthernmost\u003c\/i\u003e reveals truths hidden in plain sight: colonialism’s violent legacies; dissidents disappeared by the junta; a young mother’s mysterious decline; the clarifying sexuality of a boy whose father can’t bear to acknowledge it. At the same time, it tells a story – as sonnets have often done – about love, through Boix’s intimate and original evocation of gay marriage. Restlessly intelligent, intoxicated by Latin America’s landscapes and rich folklore, this virtuosic net of sonnets offers a glimpse of our world’s interconnecting threads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In this thrilling collection of sonnets, Leo Boix maps a personal geography out of dynamic encounters between the Old World and the New' Chloe Aridjis, author of \u003ci\u003eSea Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As sinuous and expansive as the ocean between us’ Urayoán Noel, author of \u003ci\u003eTransversal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55249180918134,"sku":"9781784745851","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34581932_67c40ffa-59d3-45a4-84a1-730713751da3.jpg?v=1748465624","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781784745851-southernmost-sonnets","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}