"At first "Savage Coast" is a train-of-fools comedy; later, it's a
cross-cultural love story Hemingway would have envied for its
suddenness." --"New York Times Book Review"
"Rejected by her publisher in 1937, poet Rukeyser's newly
discovered autobiographical novel is both an absorbing read and an
important contribution to 20th-century history.... Ironically, the
factors that led to the novel's rejection--Rukeyser's avant-garde
impressionistic prose style, alternating with realistic scenes of
brutal death and a few descriptions of sexual congress--are what
make the book appealing today."--"Publisher's Weekly"
As a young reporter in 1936, Muriel Rukeyser traveled to
Barcelona to witness the first days of the Spanish Civil War. She
turned this experience into an autobiographical novel so forward
thinking for its time that it was never published. Recently
discovered in her archive, this lyrical work charts her political
and sexual awakening as she witnesses the popular front resistance
to the fascist coup and falls in love with a German political exile
who joins the first international brigade.
Rukeyser's narrative is a modernist investigation into the
psychology of violence, activism, and desire; a documentary text
detailing the start of the war; and a testimony to those who fought
and died for freedom and justice during the first major battle
against European fascism.
Muriel Rukeyser (1913-1980) was a prolific American writer and
political activist, influencing generations of poets including Anne
Sexton, Adrienne Rich, Sharon Olds, and Alice Walker, to name a
few. She wrote on the Scottsboro trial in Alabama, the Spanish
Civil War, the Vietnam War, and the imprisonment of poet Kim Chi-Ha
in South Korea. She was one of the few modernist writers to
champion social justice issues, showing the place of memory and
feelings in politics. Rukeyser's centenary will be celebrated in
2013.
Rowena Kennedy-Epstein is a PhD candidate in English at the
Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
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