{"product_id":"selfportrait-in-the-zone-of-silence-9780811231732","title":"SelfPortrait in the Zone of Silence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting new collection of poems by “one of the Spanish-speaking world’s greatest living writers” (\u003cem\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his vast oeuvre, Aridjis has produced many works that confront apocalyptic times.\" -- Carlos Fonseca - LA Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\"Homero Aridjis’s poems open a door into the light.\" -- Seamus Heaney\u003cbr\u003e\"Aridjis is a poet of great vitality and originality.\" -- W. S. Merwin\u003cbr\u003e\"A great flame passes through the words, the poetry, of Homero Aridjis, who sets reality alight in images that at once illuminate and consume it, making life a sister of dream. Homero is a great poet; our century has great need of him.\" -- Yves Bonnefoy\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSelf-Portrait in the Zone of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes selections from Aridjis’s four most recent collections, along with previously unpublished poetry, is a significant addition to an already important body of work.... The collection’s title poem will likely endure as one of the great gems that the now 82-year-old Aridjis produced in his late period. It’s simultaneously philosophical and surreal but nonetheless retains an intense sensuality and presence of being that anchors it in earthly realities.\" -- André Naffis-Sahely - The Poetry Foundation","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405683925335,"sku":"9780811231732","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780811231732.jpg?v=1730493266","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selfportrait-in-the-zone-of-silence-9780811231732","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}