Juan Gelman,Hardie St. Martin
As Juan Gelmanâ€™s name begins appearing with regularity on lists predicting Nobel-Laureate-deserving poets, his work has also begun to appear in English. But only now are the most stunning translations of Gelmanâ€™s poetry being published, and in one substantial volume. ,Dark Times Filled with Light, traces the evolution of a gifted lyrical poetâ€™s encounter with the political, when the poetâ€™s son and daughter-in-law become â€œdisappearedâ€ by the Argentinian government, and the poet must write from both a literal and metaphysical exile.,In this posthumously realized labor of love by the legendary translator Hardie St. Martin, Gelmanâ€™s staggering biography, and the poetics he developed to articulate and survive it, are unforgettably translated into beautiful and accessible poems that, taken together, weave a fragile but healing transformation. â€œThere are losses,â€ says Gelman in a moving understatement. â€œThe important thing is how returning to them transforms them into something new.â€,"Perhaps the most admirable element of Gelman's poetry is the unthinkable tenderness he show . . . calling upon so many shadows for one voice to lull and comfort, a permanent caress of words on unknown tombs.", -Julio CortÃ¡zar,"Gelman's poetry is epic in its scope - no corner of life geos unnoticed in this work . . . Rendered in a breathless style, this is the diary of a human heart in a rough world where artistry is the first salvation.", -Oscar Hijuelos
Poetry,Literature,Latin American Literature
Dark Times Filled with Light