| Returnings: Poems of Love and Distance Contributor(s): Alberti, Rafael (Author), Tipton, Carolyn (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1935210912 ISBN-13: 9781935210917 Publisher: White Pine Press (NY) OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Series: Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2016 Cliff Becker Book Prize in Translation In Returnings, we are treated to an essay on the imaginative possibilities of a great poet, long exiled from his native land, turning memory into verse, recovering from the past everything that counts: love and friendship and the landscapes that shaped him. Through alleyways and storied ruins, colors and autumn and war, Alberti discovers poetry at every turn.--Christopher Merrill, prize judge The musical language that drives these urgent poems is echoed exquisitely in Carolyn Tipton's translations.--Stephen Kessler Rafael Alberti was one of the greatest poets of twentieth-century Spain. Poet and translator Carolyn L. Tipton teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. |