Overview
This eye-opening and exotic new poetry collection tells a story in a way that few books of poetry do. Filled with colors, textures, tastes, and beautifully crafted language, these sensual poems recall the author's Peruvian/Cuban ancestry and his childhood in Peru and Florida, taking the reader on a journey full of delights — and dangers. There are maids who serve monkeys for dinner, elementary-school thugs wielding knives, and frogs falling from the sky, as Furia confronts issues of race, culture, and identity and portrays the world's vastness and diversity — as well as its simple pleasures.
Synopsis
This eye-opening and exotic new poetry collection tells a story in a way that few books of poetry do. Filled with colors, textures, tastes, and beautifully crafted language, these sensual poems recall the author's Peruvian/Cuban ancestry and his childhood in Peru and Florida, taking the reader on a journey full of delights — and dangers. There are maids who serve monkeys for dinner, elementary-school thugs wielding knives, and frogs falling from the sky, as Furia confronts issues of race, culture, and identity and portrays the world's vastness and diversity — as well as its simple pleasures.
Library Journal
Furia, indeed. There's palpable rage in these poems from Menes, born in Peru to Cuban parents and now teaching creative writing at Notre Dame. Readers may gasp at lacerating lines about a child abused sexually or compelled to eat monkey by the family maid. But Menes doesn't simply report these experiences, he transforms them, giving readers not just a taste of his anguish but a deeper understanding. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.