Alfonsina Storni: Selected Poems

(Paperback)

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Brings together a wide selection of poems by an important Argentine poet. However, this is not a bilingual edition, all of the poems are presented in English translation. Some recurrent subjects in Storni's poetry include nature, women's issues, family, sorrow, and the urban environment. The spectre of violence haunts many of her poems. In the first poem in this volume, Storni writes: I am like the she-wolf. / I broke with the pack. Perhaps this describes her own approach to poetry. At any rate, hers was a remarkable voice, and this is a fine collection of her work. Those interested in Latin American literature or 20th century poetry should seek out this book.

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"This collection is painful, disturbing, and rewarding. Freeman and three other translators transform Storni's razor-sharp poetry into English versions that invite constant re-reading. This is a poetry of fatal beauty that leads toward unavoidable death, but not before freeing the poet to leave everything she can behind..." -- Bloomsbury Review.

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Marion Freeman, Editor