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A schoolteacher whose poetry catapulted her to early fame in her
native Chile and an international diplomat whose boundary-defying
sexuality still challenges scholars, Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957)
is one of the most important and enigmatic figures in Latin
American literature of the last century. The "Locas mujeres" poems
collected here are among Mistral's most complex and compelling,
exploring facets of the self "in extremis"--poems marked by the
wound of blazing catastrophe and its aftermath of mourning.
From disquieting humor to balladlike lyricism to folkloric wisdom,
these pieces enact a tragic sense of life, depicting "madwomen" who
are anything but mad. Strong and intensely human, Mistral's poetic
women confront impossible situations to which no sane response
exists. This groundbreaking collection presents poems from
Mistral's final published volume as well as new editions of
posthumous work, featuring the first English-language appearance of
many essential poems. "Madwomen" promises to reveal a profound poet
to a new generation of Anglophone readers while reacquainting
Spanish readers with a stranger, more complicated "madwoman" than
most have ever known.
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