Hero y Leandro

The linguistic spectrum of Andrea Zanzotto's poetry spans from his native language, Venitian, to terms drawn from countless languages, both living and dead. His poetry also explores diverse forms of meaning, whether gibberish, children's songs, onomatopoeia, or silence--the expression of his singular uncertainty amid a world of agitation and forgetting that seems to inflict its injuries on its own landscape.

"Il titolo dell'opera, 'Africano', implica un viatico romantico, simbolico ed evocativo: il nome di un vento che trasporti questi componimenti in fuga, verso altri territori, altre culture, lettori, autori. All'interno di 'Africano' si susseguono, in ordine alfabetico: Anna Algieri con la raccolta Liriche in libertà; Maria Costa con Quello che il cuore mi dice; Mario Dainese con Frantumi di vita; Lisa Di Giovanni con La quinta parete; Monica Lautieri con Il giorno della camelia bianca; Filippo Pistore con Ricordi dal profondo." (Tratto dalla prefazione di Giuseppe Aletti)

A major new bilingual edition of the Peruvian poet's work Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet's politics head-on in an enlightening new introduction that places Vallejo in his proper literary context, while Margaret Sayers Peden's new translation does full justice to Vallejo's complex literary style. Including Spanish and English versions of more than...

“Sin verdad, no puede existir la libertad” Esto es lo que la autora del presente libro ha deducido luego de analizar la eterna pregunta: ¿Existe la libertad?... Y luego... ¿Bajo qué parámetros se la puede concebir y vivir? ¿Qué es libertad? ¿Qué significa ser libre? ¿Quién realmente lo es? Un tema profundo y controversial tratado en la dulzura de la póesis.