Aguas Fuertes (Gentes y Cosas de Yucatan) (Classic Reprint)

Prólogos de Arthur Terry y Pere Gimferrer. Traducción de Pere Gimferrer, José Agustín Goytisolo y José María Valverde. En el extenso prólogo que abre este volumen, Arthur Terry afirma con gran acierto sobre Gabriel Ferrater (1922-1972): "A veces dicen los críticos que un escritor ha "creado su propio mundo". A esto podríamos contestar que el único mundo que queremos es este en que vivimos y, por consiguiente, que lo que esperamos de un poeta es que escriba unos cuantos poemas buenos sobre este mundo. Ferrater es un poeta que cumple admirablemente este criterio: sobre todo, sus...

Introduces the latest collection of a noted Argentine-born poet who has lived the life of the grand artistic expatriate in Paris since 1961, yet retains the admiration and respect of literary critics in his native country to the point that Revista Debaste compared his creative talent and genius to that of Plato's demiurge.

Carmen M. Chavez, a lo largo de su vida siempre ha recordado la simplicidad y naturaleza de sus raíces. Mi madre desde que me recuerdo siempre ha tenido el pulgar verde, cuida y cultiva los jardines mas bellos. Su bello jardín lleno de flores, plantas y arboles florecidos que te cautivan con sus fragancias y colores, lo cual es parte de su inspiración para Mi Jardín De Poemas. Krystle Chavez, Hija de la autora Carmen M. Chavez, throughout her life has always remembered the simplicity and nature of her roots. For as long as I remember my mother Carmen has always had a green thumb, taking...

Catullus is a companion of lovers and of those whom love has disappointed. He is also a satirical and epigrammatic writer who savagely consoles with laughter. Carmina captures in English both the mordant, scathing wit and also the concise tenderness, the famous love for reluctant Lesbia who is made present in these new versions. A range of English metres and rhymes evokes the many modes and moods of this most engaging, erotic and influential of Latin poets. Of Len Krisak's translations of Horace, Frederic Raphael writes, [He] enables us both to enjoy a fresh voice and to hear (and see), very...