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Vicente Aleixandre
Shadow of Paradise
$26.95, £15.95 paperback
978-0-520-08257-1
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232 pages,
April 1987, Available worldwide
Categories: Literary Studies; Poetry; Literature in Translation
April 1987, Available worldwide
Categories: Literary Studies; Poetry; Literature in Translation
"A radiantly beautiful book of poems. . . . In Harter's careful translation the yearning for total, line-for-line fidelity is happily balanced by the impulse to interpret."—Latin America in Books
"Harter is highly successful in reproducing the text's unique qualities. . . . A fine reading of Aleixandre's text that is both inviting and coherent."—ALEC (Anales de la Literatura Espanola Contemporanea)
"An intensely visionary collection. . . . Written at a time of both personal loss and historical tragedy, this volume effectively blends themes of innocence and sensuality with a longing for transcendence of pain."—Frank Allen, Library Journal
"Poems like 'The Poet' and 'Body and Soul' ring with a sad beauty that places Aleixandre alongside Antonio Machado and Federico Garcia Lorca as one of Spain's greatest poets."—The Bloomsbury Review
"Harter is highly successful in reproducing the text's unique qualities. . . . A fine reading of Aleixandre's text that is both inviting and coherent."—ALEC (Anales de la Literatura Espanola Contemporanea)
"An intensely visionary collection. . . . Written at a time of both personal loss and historical tragedy, this volume effectively blends themes of innocence and sensuality with a longing for transcendence of pain."—Frank Allen, Library Journal
"Poems like 'The Poet' and 'Body and Soul' ring with a sad beauty that places Aleixandre alongside Antonio Machado and Federico Garcia Lorca as one of Spain's greatest poets."—The Bloomsbury Review
Begun in 1939, barely four months after the close of the Spanish Civil War, these poems by the Nobel Laureate poet Vicente Aleixandre were written during a period of hardship and despair. In spite of his surroundings Aleixandre created the splendor of the shadow of a lost paradise that consisted of memory, nostalgia, yearning and illusion. This is the first full English version. The original Spanish text is included.