Written In Water

Name: Written In Water
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780872864313
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The Collected Prose Poems

By Luis Cernuda

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In Written In Water, Luis Cernuda intertwines vivid biographical elements with profound introspection, offering readers a deeply personal journey through his prose poems. Unlike his verse, these prose pieces explicitly map the contours of his life, blending memories and landscapes to illuminate his evolving sensibility with remarkable objectivity.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Written In Water

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This collection will resonate with readers interested in Arts & Culture, especially those drawn to poetic memoirs and Spanish literature.

Prose poems by one of Spain's greatest poets.

Booksense advance access. Bookstore readings on the West Coast. Translator will do West Coast readings: San Francisco, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Los Angeles. One of the greatest Spanish poets of the 20th century.

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While Cernuda's verse is vivid testimony to various aspects of his biographical itinerary, it is in his prose poems that he traces more explicitly an outline of his life's journey.

Reviewing this work, Octavio Paz wrote: In these memories and landscapes, in these notes toward the history of his sensibility, there is great objectivity: the poet doesn't set out to fantasize, or to lie to himself or anyone else. He attempts only to illuminate.

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Acclaimed translator Stephen Kessler brings Cernuda's work to life in English, with Written In Water praised by The Bloomsbury Review as one of the finest Spanish poetry books of the year.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872864313

Publisher: City Lights Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 June 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: City Lights Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Stephen Kessler
Translated by Stephen Kessler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 124.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 184g

Pages: 128

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Arts & Culture Luis Cernuda Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Luis Cernuda (1902-1963) was one of the leading poets of Spain's Generation of 1927, which included Federico Garcia Lorca, Rafael Alberti and Jorge Guillen.