Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence

Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence
Homero Aridjis, George McWhirter
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Paperback
h203 x 132mm - 176pg
7 Feb 2023 US
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9780811231732
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Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence, by the renowned Mexican writer Homero Aridjis, is a brilliant collection of poems written in and for the new century. Aridjis seeks spiritual transformation through encounters with mythical animals, family ghosts, migrant workers, Mexico' s oppressed, female saints, other writers (such as Jorge Luis Borges and Philip Lamantia), and naked angels in the metro. We find tributes to Goya and Heraclitus, denunciations of drug traffickers and political figureheads, and unforgettable imaginary landscapes. As Aridjis himself writes: "a poem is like a door / we' ve never passed through. . . " And now past eighty, Aridjis reflects on the past and ponders the future. "Surrounded by light and the warbling of birds," he writes, "I live in a state of poetry, because for me, being and making poetry are the same. "
One of Latin America' s foremost literary figures, Homero Aridjis was born in Contepec, Michoacan, Mexico. He has written fifty-one books of poetry and prose and won many important literary prizes. Formerly the Mexican Ambassador to Switzerland, the Netherlands, and UNESCO, he is the president emeritus of PEN International. He is founder and president of the Group of 100, an environmentalist association of writers, artists, and scientists. George McWhirter is an Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver' s first Poet Laureate. He has translated works by Mario Arregui, Carlos Fuentes, and Jose Emilio Pacheco.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780811231732
Published: 7 Feb 2023
Published In: United States
Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 132mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 198g
Pages: 176

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