Blood of the Sun Poems |
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| Author:
| Maranhão, Salgado
Maranhão, Salgado |
| Translator:
| Levitin, Alexis |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57131-868-8 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | Milkweed Editions
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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In poems brilliantly textured and layered, Salgado Maranh#65533;o integrates socio-political thought with subjects abstractly metaphysical. Concrete collides with conceptual--butcher shops, sex, and machine guns in conversation with language, absence, and time--resulting in a collection varied as well as unified, an aesthetic at once traditional and postmodern. Writing in forms both fixed and free, Maranh#65533;o’s language suggests a jazz-like musicality that rings true in...
More DescriptionIn poems brilliantly textured and layered, Salgado Maranh#65533;o integrates socio-political thought with subjects abstractly metaphysical. Concrete collides with conceptual--butcher shops, sex, and machine guns in conversation with language, absence, and time--resulting in a collection varied as well as unified, an aesthetic at once traditional and postmodern. Writing in forms both fixed and free, Maranh#65533;o’s language suggests a jazz-like musicality that rings true in Alexis Levitin’s masterful translations. For readers who enjoy the complexity of Charles Simic, or the stylistically innovative syntax of C#65533;sar Vallejo, Maranh#65533;o’s Blood of the Sun is a sensually provocative amalgamation of both.