Landscapes with Donkey

In Landscapes with Donkey, Spanish poet Jos Manuel Marrero Henrquez follows a gentle, gray donkey on his travels through the dusty hillsides of the Canary Islands, an archipelago located off the western coast of Africa. Wise and thoughtful, the ruminant quadruped, a doctor of the earth, studies the limits of ground and sky with the unique perspicuity of a donkeys gaze. Eventually taking us on a journey far beyond the pastures horizon, the donkey, humblest of poets, unravels the mysteries of this transcendentally beautiful and profoundly life-giving planet we call home. Winner of the 2016 ASLE Translation Grant to support the cross-cultural sharing of ecoliterature, translator Ellen Skowronski brings Marrero Henrquezs poetry and vision to an English-speaking audience.