| Poet in New York/Poeta En Nueva York Contributor(s): Lorca, Frederico García (Author), Medina, Pablo (Translator), Statman, Mark (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0802143539 ISBN-13: 9780802143532 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 Annotation: Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico Garcia Lorca's Poet in New York is an astonishing depiction of a tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Federico Garcia Lorca's nine months as a student at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression, Poet in New York is widely considered one of the most important books Lorca ever produced. This enduring and influential collection offers us a New York City populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude--a New York intoxicating in its vitality and devastating beauty. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark Statman returned to this seventy-year-old work and were struck by how closely it spoke to the atmosphere of New York after the World Trade Center crumbled. They were compelled to create a new English version of Poet in New York--translating the poems with reverence and irreverence, caution and wildness, humility and nerve. They translate Lorca's words with a contemporary poet's eye, which allows their work to uphold his surrealistic technique, mesmerizing complexity, and fierce emotion, unlike any other translation to date. An excellent introduction to one of the most significant figures in twentieth-century poetry, Poet in New York is a defining work of modern literature and this new bilingual edition is an exciting exposition of one American city that continues to have the ability to change our perspective on the world around us. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - General |
| Dewey: 861.62 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.54" W x 8.3" (0.52 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The definitive version of Lorca's masterpiece, in language that is as alive and molten today as was the original."--John Ashbery Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico Garc a Lorca's Poet in New York is an astonishing depiction of a tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Lorca's nine months at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression, Poet in New York is widely considered one of the most important books Lorca produced. This influential collection portrays a New York City populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude--a New York intoxicating in its vitality and beauty. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark Statman were struck by how closely this seventy-year-old work spoke to the atmosphere of New York. They were compelled to create a new English version using a contemporary poet's eye, which upholds Lorca's surrealistic technique, mesmerizing complexity, and fierce emotion unlike any other translation to date. A defining work of modern literature, Poet in New York is a thrilling exposition of one American city that continues to change our perspective on the world around us. |