Isbn: 9780914742890 - a longing for the light: selected poems of vicente aleixandre (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Fair. For the Nobel Prize to come to Aleixandre now is fitting, not only because of the energy and intensity of his own poetry, but because it comes at this moment in Spanish history.--The New York Times A Longing for the Light is the only available bilingual Spanish-English translation of the poetry of Nobel Laureate Vicente Aleixandre. The collection spans the entirety of Aleixandre's career--from early surrealist work to his complex and fascinating dialogues. It also contains prose interludes, an introduction by editor Lewis Hyde, and a descriptive bibliography.Aleixandre was a member of Spain's Generation of 27 and was one of the few writers to remain in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. His passive but staunch political independence kept his writings banned for a decade, but his vivid poems of harmony and commonality would eventually symbolize much of what post-Civil War Spain aspired toward. As Aleixandre wrote in his Nobel lecture: The poet, the truly determinative poet, is always a revealer; he is, essentially, a seer, a prophet. From With All Due Respect I don't notice our clothes. Do you? Dressed up in three-hundred burlap suits, wrapped in my roughest heaviest get-up, I maintain a dawn-like dignity and brag of how much I know about nakedness. Vicente Aleixandre won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977. He died in Madrid in 1984.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. A Very Good copy of the First Paperback Edition with light shelfwear and just a touch of spotting to bottom text block edge (remainder mark also present). Text in English and Spanish. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in., 281pp. // 'Selected poems of the Nobel Prize winner. Bilingual edition with annotated bibliography and short biographical sketch.' -- publisher.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: VG. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition" Thus; First Printing. VERY GOOD CONDITION.SOLID BRIGHT CLEAN. ; BLACK TITLES ON BLUE & BLACK PAPER COVERS, showing black titles & portrait of .Man'S TORSO BACK.FACING PAGES, SPANISH & ENGLISH TEXT.; 282pg pages; SPANISH LANGUAGE Poems with facing ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS.******NOT THIS IS NOT THE RED COVER WITH THE ROUND BLACK BALL.IT IS MOSTLY BLACK & BLUE.WITH MAN COVER ART.**********. Illustrated by GARWOOD, GALEN cover art. (ilustrador).…

Condición: Collectible; Very Good. Softcover. First paperback edition. No marks or writing in book. Covers lightly rubbed; otherwise Fine condition.