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Autoepitaph - Selected Poems (Hardcover)
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Autoepitaph - Selected Poems (Hardcover)
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"In "Autoepitaph," Reinaldo Arenas soars above death, conquers
terror, and sees himself reflected in the face of his lover, the
Cuban sea."--Flora Gonzalez Mandri, coeditor and cotranslator of
"In the Vortex of the Cyclone: Selected Poems by Excilia Saldana"
"A powerful tribute to Arenas, a poet who explores the meaning of
our ethical standing in the world as well as the transient nature
of our souls. In this collection, we journey with Arenas into his
struggles and victories, accompanied by his voice, filled with
fortitude and hope. The English translation pays tribute to the
original Spanish text."--Marjorie Agosin, author of "Of Earth and
Sea: A Chilean Memoir" Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990) remains one of
the most famous Cuban writers in exile. His work constitutes a
monument of resistance literature, but much of the focus has been
on his novels and his autobiography, "Before Night Falls," chosen
as one of the ten best books of 1993 by the "New York Times."
Because his poetic output has not been widely translated,
"Autoepitaph" is the first and only career-spanning volume of
Arenas's poetry in translation in any language.
This bilingual volume includes narrative poems, sonnets, excerpts
from Arenas's prose poems, and previously unpublished works from
his papers at Princeton University. Both the Spanish originals as
well as English translations seamlessly capture the poet's sarcasm,
humor, and powerful rhythms. Camelly Cruz-Martes provides an
outline for Arenas's major poetic strategies, as well as context
for the themes that unite his poems: resistance against
colonialism, political and personal repression, existential
alienation, and the desire for transcendence through art.
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