An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new
translation by one if the most acclaimed translators of our time. A
towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Gongora pioneered
poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of
his time that he was derided as "the Prince of Darkness." The
Solitudes, his magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush
novel-in-verse that follows the wanderings of a shipwrecked man who
has been spurned by his lover. Wrenched from civilization and its
attendant madness, the desolate hero is transported into a natural
world that is at once menacing and sublime. In this stunning
edition Edith Grossman captures the breathtaking beauty of a work
that represents one of the high points of poetic achievement in any
language. Luis de Gongora (1561-1627) is among the most prominent
figures of the Spanish Golden Age. Edith Grossman is the acclaimed
translator of Don Quixote, as well as books by Gabriel Garcia
Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Carlos Fuentes. She is the
recipient of the inaugural Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
Translation Prize, the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, and
a Guggenheim fellowship. Alberto Manguel is the bestselling author
of dozens of books, including A History of Reading and The
Dictionary of Imaginary Places.
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