The Azure Cloister: Thirty-Five Poems Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Belli, Carlos Germán (Author), Maurer, Karl (Translator), Maurer, Christopher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0997228792 ISBN-13: 9780997228793 Publisher: Swan Isle Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: March 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Collections | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
Dewey: 861.64 |
LCCN: 2021043829 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" L (0.55 lbs) 140 pages |
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Publisher Description: New translations of poems by prominent Peruvian poet Carlos Germán Belli. This selection of poems by internationally renowned Peruvian poet Carlos Germán Belli tempers a dark, ironic vision of worldly injustice with the "red midnight sun" of hope. Belli's contemplative verses express faith in language, in bodily joy, and in artistic form. These thirty-five poems explore public and domestic spaces of confinement and freedom, from paralysis to the ease of a bird in its "azure cloister." Translations by Karl Maurer retain Belli's original meter, follow his complex syntax, and meet the challenges of his poetic language, which ranges from colloquial Peruvian slang to the ironic use of seventeenth-century Spanish. This bilingual edition also includes notes and reflections on Belli and on the art of translation. Beyond introducing American readers to a major presence in world poetry, The Azure Cloister offers a fresh approach to the translation of contemporary verse in Spanish. |
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