{"product_id":"poemas-de-amor-love-poems-idea-vilarino-paperback","title":"Poemas de Amor \/ Love Poems -- Idea Vilariño, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglist, 2021 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eight years before Sylvia Plath published \u003ci\u003eAriel, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Uruguayan poet Idea Vilariño released \u003ci\u003ePoemas del Amor, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of confessional, passionate poetry dedicated to the novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. Both of her own merit and as part of the Uruguayan writers group the Generation of '45--which included Onetti, Mario Benedetti, Amanda Berenguer, and Ida Vitale--Vilariño is an essential South American poet, and part of a long tradition of Uruguayan women poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vilariño and Onetti's love affair is one of the most famous in South American literature. \u003ci\u003ePoemas del Amor\u003c\/i\u003e is an intense book, full of poems about sexuality and what it means to be a woman, and stands as a testament to both the necessity and the impossibility of love. This translation brings these highly personal poems to English speaking audiences for the first time side-by-side with the original Spanish language versions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WITNESS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e I don't ask you for anything \u003cbr\u003e don't accept anything from you. \u003cbr\u003e It's enough that you are \u003cbr\u003e in the world \u003cbr\u003e that you know I am \u003cbr\u003e in the world \u003cbr\u003e that you might be \u003cbr\u003e To me, you might be \u003cbr\u003e witness judge and god. \u003cbr\u003e If not \u003cbr\u003e what is it for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Idea Vilariño\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822966258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIdea Vilariño (1920 - 2009) \u003c\/b\u003ewas an Uruguayan poet and is still an essential figure in Latin American poetry. \u003ci\u003ePoemas de Amor\/ Love Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is her best known book, which is dedicated to the Uruguayan novelist Juan Carlos Onetti. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesse Lee Kercheval \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, writer and translator whose translations include \u003ci\u003eEl puente invisible\/ The Invisible Bridge: Selected Poems of Circe Maia\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the Zona Gale Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.","brand":"Idea Vilariño","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67619825746148,"sku":"9780822966258","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780822966258.jpg?v=1792224178","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/poemas-de-amor-love-poems-idea-vilarino-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}