Poesía

«El amor es uno de los elementos emblemáticos de la vida. Breve o extendido, espontáneo o minuciosamente construido, es de cualquier manera un apogeo en las relaciones humanas.» Mario Benedetti Este libro reúne los mejores poemas de amor escritos por Mario Benedetti, uno de los poetas más innovadores, divertidos, ambiciosos y modernos de la literatura en español. El amor, las mujeres y la vida recoge una selección de poemas aclamados por varias generaciones, aquellos en los que Benedetti vuelca su concepción de la vida: el amor como compensación de la muerte se levanta en sus versos lleno de fe, como fuerza principal que mueve al ser humano, como una proclama de la existencia, que va de la erótica del amante hasta la esperanza del revolucionario o la gratitud del amigo.

“The definitive version of Lorca’s masterpiece, in language that is as alive and molten today as was the original.”—John Ashbery Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico García Lorca’s Poet in New York is an astonishing depiction of a tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Lorca’s nine months at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression, Poet in New York is widely considered one of the most important books Lorca produced. This influential collection portrays a New York City populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude—a New York intoxicating in its vitality and beauty. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark Statman were struck by how closely this seventy-year-old work spoke to the atmosphere of New York. They were compelled to create a new English version using a contemporary poet’s eye, which upholds Lorca’s surrealistic technique, mesmerizing complexity, and fierce emotion unlike any other translation to date. A defining work of modern literature, Poet in New York is a thrilling exposition of one American city that continues to change our perspective on the world around us.