{"title":"Gabriela Mistral","description":"\u003cp\u003eGabriela Mistral's works delve into the depths of emotion and identity, exploring themes of love, loss, and resilience through poetic mastery. Her writing, often presented in bilingual editions, invites readers to experience a rich fusion of language and feeling, capturing the essence of human experience with striking clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers a profound glimpse into Mistral's artistic vision, where the intensity of her \u003cem\u003eLocas mujeres\u003c\/em\u003e poems and other pieces illuminate the complexities of the human spirit. Ideal for those drawn to Arts \u0026amp; Culture, her writings resonate with timeless beauty and emotional insight.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"madwomen-the-locas-mujeres-poems-of-gabriela-mistral-a-bilingual-edition-by-gabriela-mistral-9780226531915","title":"Madwomen – The \"Locas mujeres\" Poems of Gabriela Mistral, a Bilingual Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA schoolteacher whose poetry catapulted her to early fame in her native Chile and an international diplomat whose boundary-defying sexuality still challenges scholars, Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) is one of the most important and enigmatic figures in Latin American literature of the last century. The \u003ci\u003eLocas mujeres\u003c\/i\u003e poems collected here are among Mistral’s most complex and compelling, exploring facets of the self \u003ci\u003ein extremis\u003c\/i\u003e—poems marked by the wound of blazing catastrophe and its aftermath of mourning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom disquieting humour to ballad-like lyricism to folkloric wisdom, these pieces enact a tragic sense of life, depicting “madwomen” who are anything but mad. Strong and intensely human, Mistral’s poetic women confront impossible situations to which no sane response exists. This groundbreaking collection presents poems from Mistral’s final published volume as well as new editions of posthumous work, featuring the first English-language appearance of many essential poems. \u003ci\u003eMadwomen\u003c\/i\u003e promises to reveal a profound poet to a new generation of Anglophone readers while reacquainting Spanish readers with a stranger, more complicated “madwoman” than most have ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596803195116,"sku":"9780226531915","price":101.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/d9e5d28df545e484875a9be6777b1585.jpg?v=1777955873"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gabriela-mistral.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}