| Blood of the Sun: Poems Contributor(s): Maranhão, Salgado (Author), Levitin, Alexis (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1571314539 ISBN-13: 9781571314536 Publisher: Milkweed Editions OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 869.142 |
| LCCN: 2012007804 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In poems brilliantly textured and layered, Salgado Maranh o integrates socio-political thought with subjects abstractly metaphysical. Concrete collides with conceptual--butcher shops, sex, and machine guns in conversation with language, absence, and time--resulting in a collection varied as well as unified, an aesthetic at once traditional and postmodern. Writing in forms both fixed and free, Maranh o's language suggests a jazz-like musicality that rings true in Alexis Levitin's masterful translations. For readers who enjoy the complexity of Charles Simic, or the stylistically innovative syntax of C sar Vallejo, Maranh o's Blood of the Sun is a sensually provocative amalgamation of both. |