Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Mark Weiss. "The poetry of Kozer, in this beautifully selected & translated edition, moves from a particular person & place (Cuban, Jewish, caught between home & exile) into a tangle of locations & perceptions that gives his poetry a nearly epic status. While the work has an avant-garde ("neobaroque") foundation--& it does--it's the humanity of the writing (passionate & comic by turns & always precisely referential) that predicts its lasting greatness. A resident ...
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Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Mark Weiss. "The poetry of Kozer, in this beautifully selected & translated edition, moves from a particular person & place (Cuban, Jewish, caught between home & exile) into a tangle of locations & perceptions that gives his poetry a nearly epic status. While the work has an avant-garde ("neobaroque") foundation--& it does--it's the humanity of the writing (passionate & comic by turns & always precisely referential) that predicts its lasting greatness. A resident of America & of the world, Jose Kozer is a poet who works at full throttle, gives us thereby what poetry has never done before & what it has always done"--Jerome Rothenberg. Jose Kozer came to the United States from his native Havana as a twenty year old in 1960. Since then he has become recognized throughout the Spanish-speaking world as the foremost Cuban poet of his generation and one of Latin America's most influential poets. STET is his first major bilingual publication.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Size: 6x0x8; Bi-lingual edition, Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Trade paperback binding. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973.
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Near Fine. No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. First edition. Trade softcover. Published NY: Junction Pr., 2006, first printitng. 8vo. wrappers. Billingual edition, with Spanish/English on facing pages. Few faint spots along front edge, else fine.
