- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: New Directions (May 1 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811211738
- ISBN-13: 978-0811211734
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.3 x 3.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 907 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #20 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Carribean & Latin American
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From Publishers Weekly
Paz, a cosmopolitan poet, is also intensely Mexican. In his lineswhether long and flowing or spare and chiseledsorrow and solitude are measured against the strength of his people and refracted through the prism of his gentle romanticism ("The world is born when two people kiss"). From India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and France, the poet-diplomat pens updates on the fragile state of the world. Yet if death is an ever-present reality in his poetry, so is hope. In addition to editor Weinberger, translators for this 800-page bilingual collection include Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Denise Levertov, Mark Strand and Charles Thomlinson. From the circular poem "Sunstone" (1957), modeled on the Aztec calendar, to the intense musings of "A Tree Within" (1987), Paz's poetry at its best is a seismograph of our century's turbulence, a crossroads where East meets West.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
Libraries can choose between a collection that "contains in bilingual format all the poetry he has written since 1957" ( LJ 10/15/87) and a "a comprehensive selection . . . showing the range of Paz's poetic work" ( LJ 5/15/84). Sunstone, a major long poem written a quarter of a century ago, appears in The Collected Poems in a new translation. The publisher may reissue Sunstone as a separate volume in 1991.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sing the Voice Fantastico,
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This review is from: Collected Poems Of Octavio Paz 1957 To 1987 (Paperback)
Octavio Paz has since passed through this world leaving behind a beautiful web of words with the tapestry of things seen and unseen. Paz does an ambidextrous job of mixing in elements of surrealism with the bone of natural objects and that which is very real. His, and the translator Eliot Weinberger ... along with the help of other poet translators to include Bishop, Levertov, Tomlinson--all of their words come alive with beautiful language. The translation seems true to the intent.What is essential about this book is that each poem comes with the bilingual translation in English and accompanied by the original works in Spanish. Two years of high school Spanish, as well as two years in college, has rendered me with a woefully inadequate ineptitude of all words and understanding of that language. But I don't think that the translation can ever capture the sound, the alliteration, the true tongue/la lingua and fluid language that Paz meant in his original Spanish. Even if I don't understand a lick of what's on the left side of the page in Spanish at least it can be read for it's beautiful sound. Listen to this, "Through the conduits of bone I night I water I forest that moves forward I tongue I body I sun-bone Through the conduits of night" and then on the even-numbered page, "Por el arcaduz de hueso yo noche yo agua yo bosque que avanza yo lengua yo cuerpo yo hueso de sol Por el arcaduz de noche." What are you doing still sitting here reading my crappy writing when you could be reading Ocatavio Paz? Go get the book...you'll see.
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Obra poética.,
By leonel rs (Ciudad de México.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collected Poems Of Octavio Paz 1957 To 1987 (Paperback)
Example 1: "Un cuerpo, un cuerpo solo, sólo un cuerpo,/un cuerpo como día derramado/y noche devorada". Example 2: "Lates entre la sombra/blanca y desnuda: río." Octavio Paz is one of the first voices of the xxth century mexican poetry. He is the most important blend between clasicism and the modern trends in poetical expresion. He lived in France and thus, he experienced surrealism and mingled with the likes of Breton, Éluard, et al. In México he estimulated the literary critic and reviews to new standars of excelence. Read O. Paz.
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Elegant,
By Robertomelbourne (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Collected Poems Of Octavio Paz 1957 To 1987 (Paperback)
Paz' poetry is sublime, and elegant. The words and ideas simply slip off the page. Its like taking a bath in chocolate.Paz consistently suprises the reader with new ideas, form, language. Paz creates an atmosphere that is soothing, and enchanting. I would highly recommend this work.
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