{"product_id":"poemas-de-amor-love-poems-paperback","title":"Poemas de Amor \/ Love Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIdea Vilari\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJesse Lee Kercheval\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglist, 2021 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eight years before Sylvia Plath published \u003ci\u003eAriel, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Uruguayan poet Idea Vilari released \u003ci\u003ePoemas del Amor, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of confessional, passionate poetry dedicated to the novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. Both of her own merit and as part of the Uruguayan writers group the Generation of '45--which included Onetti, Mario Benedetti, Amanda Berenguer, and Ida Vitale--Vilari is an essential South American poet, and part of a long tradition of Uruguayan women poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vilari and Onetti's love affair is one of the most famous in South American literature. \u003ci\u003ePoemas del Amor\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense book, full of poems about sexuality and what it means to be a woman, and stands as a testament to both the necessity and the impossibility of love. This translation brings these highly personal poems to English speaking audiences for the first time side-by-side with the original Spanish language versions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WITNESS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I don't ask you for anything \u003cbr\u003e don't accept anything from you. \u003cbr\u003e It's enough that you are \u003cbr\u003e in the world \u003cbr\u003e that you know I am \u003cbr\u003e in the world \u003cbr\u003e that you might be \u003cbr\u003e To me, you might be \u003cbr\u003e witness judge and god. \u003cbr\u003e If not \u003cbr\u003e what is it for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdea Vilari (1920 - 2009) \u003c\/b\u003ewas an Uruguayan poet and is still an essential figure in Latin American poetry. \u003ci\u003ePoemas de Amor\/ Love Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is her best known book, which is dedicated to the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse Lee Kercheval \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, writer and translator whose translations include \u003ci\u003eEl puente invisible\/ The Invisible Bridge: Selected Poems of Circe Maia\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the Zona Gale Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759172354336,"sku":"9780822966258","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2be4415d223ec32b0f644ad9bf136d22.webp?v=1780144276","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poemas-de-amor-love-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}