{"product_id":"the-river-in-the-belly-other-poems-9781646050673","title":"The River in the Belly \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e The River in the Belly is the collection only Mujila could write, blending musical lyricism, legend, and theology from Africa and Europe; from the widely-acclaimed author of the novel \u003ci\u003eTram 83\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Created originally as part of a multi-disciplinary work of poetry, music, video, and dance performed in Europe in 2019, \u003ci\u003e The River in the Belly\u003ci\u003e shows the Congo River as it runs in real life and through Mujila's body and mind; he contemplates his native river and the decades of upheaval the Democratic Republic of Congo has gone through, in turns berating and serenading a homeland from exile in Austria. This bittersweet, ambitious collection, in the words of translator J. Bret Maney, \"does no less than seek to reinitiate the Congo River in the imaginary of European languages.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Phoneme Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/20\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646050673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Fiston Mwanza Mujila","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40367370535093,"sku":"9781646050673","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0aafb9f2-c9dc-40fe-8f47-2c09c144781c.jpg?v=1624980967","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-river-in-the-belly-other-poems-9781646050673","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}