{"product_id":"a-longing-for-the-light-selected-poems-of-vicente-aleixandre-9781556592546","title":"A Longing for the Light: Selected Poems of Vicente Aleixandre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For the Nobel Prize to come to Aleixandre now is fitting, not only because of the energy and intensity of his own poetry, but because it comes at this moment in Spanish history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Longing for the Light\u003c\/i\u003e is the only available bilingual Spanish-English translation of the poetry of Nobel Laureate Vicente Aleixandre. The collection spans the entirety of Aleixandre's career--from early surrealist work to his complex and fascinating \"dialogues.\" It also contains prose interludes, an introduction by editor Lewis Hyde, and a descriptive bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleixandre was a member of Spain's \"Generation of 27\" and was one of the few writers to remain in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. His passive but staunch political independence kept his writings banned for a decade, but his vivid poems of harmony and commonality would eventually symbolize much of what post-Civil War Spain aspired toward. As Aleixandre wrote in his Nobel lecture: \"The poet, the truly determinative poet, is always a revealer; he is, essentially, a seer, a prophet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \"With All Due Respect\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eI don't notice our clothes. Do you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDressed up in three-hundred burlap suits, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ewrapped in my roughest heaviest get-up, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI maintain a dawn-like dignity and brag of how much I know about nakedness.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eVicente Aleixandre\u003c\/b\u003e won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977. He died in Madrid in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4298\"\u003eVincente Aleixandre\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Poetry Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.13w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556592546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155659254X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005030\"\u003eEuropean | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"American Poetry Review","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42650466156781,"sku":"9781556592546","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f29f6dcd-6ffc-45ff-a45d-56e7b5553234.jpg?v=1649200941","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-longing-for-the-light-selected-poems-of-vicente-aleixandre-9781556592546","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}