| Desolation of the Chimera: Last Poems Contributor(s): Cernuda, Luis (Author), Kessler, Stephen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1935210009 ISBN-13: 9781935210009 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2009 Annotation: "In these memories and landscapes, in these notes toward the history of his sensibility, there is great objectivity: the poet attempts only to illuminate, with an almost impersonal light, something very personal: a few moments of his life."-Octavio Paz Written between 1950 and 1962, the poems in this bilingual collection amount to the final poetic testament of one of Spain's most important twentieth-century poets. Luis Cernuda (19021963) was a leading member of Spain's legendary Generation of 1927. He left Spain during the civil war in 1938 and never returned. Stephen Kessler is a poet, translator, essayist, and editor. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 860.800 |
| LCCN: 2009921873 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "In these memories and landscapes, in these notes toward the history of his sensibility, there is great objectivity: the poet attempts only to illuminate, with an almost impersonal light, something very personal: a few moments of his life."--Octavio Paz Written between 1950 and 1962, the poems in this bilingual collection amount to the final poetic testament of one of Spain's most important twentieth-century poets. Luis Cernuda (1902-1963) was a leading member of Spain's legendary Generation of 1927. He left Spain during the civil war in 1938 and never returned. Stephen Kessler is a poet, translator, essayist, and editor. |