The Hunger of Women Jessi Jezewska Stevens translated by Tom Boll and

translated by Tom Boll and The Poetry Translation Centre Workshop

collections

Argentine poet Samich moves from the provinces to the outskirts of Buenos Aires and decides to turn his life into a work of art

as Sasha Dugdale points out in her introduction

The Hunger of Women Jessi Jezewska Stevens translated by Tom Boll andRosa, midway through life, is alone. Her husband passed away long ago, and her cosmopolitan daughter is already out the door, keen to marry and move to the city. At loose ends, Rosa decides to transplant herself to the flat, foggy Lombardy provinces from her native Naples and there finds a way to renew herselfby opening a restaurant, and in the process coming to a new appreciation of the myriad relationships possible between women, from friendship to