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A uniquely appealing collection that reflects the variety and richness of South American poetry.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, a native-born B... read full description

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Oct 21, 2011
heather rated it: 3 of 5 stars
loved the de andrade & the quechua. not as crazy about the alberti, but some nice stuff there too. an interesting thing about seeing a single poet translate multiple poets is that i got to see more of what mark strand brings to the table because i could see the through line of voice across different poets. does that mean that there's a lot of mark strand in these translations and not a lot of the original? i'm uncertain. this is not a facing-page volume. but it is a lovely set of poems that are More...
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