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Spain, Take This Chalice from Me and Other Poems
A major new bilingual edition of the Peruvian poet's work
Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet's politics head-on in an enlightening ne...more
Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet's politics head-on in an enlightening ne...more
Paperback, 352 pages
Published
March 25th 2008
by Penguin Classics
(first published 1974)
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The translations read as though a great deal of context and detail sieved through the process, more than normally would. This is something however which must be expected when attempting to translate such a formidable poet who experimented with word play, slang, juxtaposed quirks, musical and religious terminology, bilingual borrowings and complex meters. The translator comes to this project emphasizing the sheer difficulty of this and showcases the amorphous reality of attempting to appropriate...more
Really good translations opposite the original Spanish. Always appreciate being able to scan back and forth. Vallejo is a favorite, so this small book was indeed a pleasure. Borrowed it from the library and now searching to own it to add to my poetry collection.
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Manages to omit all the most exciting, avant garde work from Trilce, but it's serviceable enough.
Recommended, if you like this sort of thing. (Who cares if he's a commie?)
Excellent stuff: surreal, dark, slightly twisted.
Powerful humanism and lyric energy. Imagistic and haunting.
It was given to me as a gift a little while ago....I carried it with me everywhere I went... A real gem, and all the better for not being as well known as many another edgy surrealist.
Powerful humanism and lyric energy. Imagistic and haunting.
It was given to me as a gift a little while ago....I carried it with me everywhere I went... A real gem, and all the better for not being as well known as many another edgy surrealist.
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César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century. Always a step ahead of the literary currents, each of his books was distinct from the others and, in it's own sense, revolutionary. Clayton Eshleman and José Rubia Barcia's translation of "The Complete Post...more
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