{"product_id":"poet-in-new-york-bilingual-edition-paperback","title":"Poet in New York: Bilingual Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFederico García Lorca\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGreg Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA newly revised edition of the insightful poetic cycle by one of the key figures of modern literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929-30, \u003ci\u003ePoet in New York\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important books he produced, and certainly one of the most important books ever published about New York City. Indeed, it is a book that changed the direction of poetry in both Spain and the Americas, a pathbreaking and defining work of modern literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Timed to coincide with the citywide celebration of García Lorca in New York planned for 2013, this edition, which has been revised once again by the renowned García Lorca scholar Christopher Maurer, includes thrilling material--new photographs, new and emended letters--that has only recently come to light. Complementing these additions are García Lorca's witty and insightful letters to his family describing his feelings about America and his temporary home there (a dorm room in Columbia's John Jay Hall), the annotated photographs that accompany those letters, a prose poem, extensive notes, and an interpretive lecture by García Lorca himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An excellent introduction to the work of a key figure of modern poetry, this bilingual edition of \u003ci\u003ePoet in New York\u003c\/i\u003e, a strange, timeless, vital book of verse, is also an exposition of the American city in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFederico García Lorca\u003c\/b\u003e, one of Spain's greatest poets and dramatists, was born in a village near Granada in 1898 and was murdered in 1936, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. FSG Classics presents his finest work in \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoet in New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSelected Verse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThree Plays: Blood Wedding; Yerma; The House of Bernarda Alba\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.23 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762294227232,"sku":"9780374533762","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7f9f50b7380786aaeb617d720b153a44.webp?v=1780218833","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poet-in-new-york-bilingual-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}