{"product_id":"in-order-to-talk-with-the-dead-selected-poems-of-jorge-teillier-9780292781238","title":"In Order to Talk with the Dead: Selected Poems of Jorge Teillier","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In order to talk with the dead\u003cbr\u003e you have to know how to wait: \u003cbr\u003e they are fearful\u003cbr\u003e like the first steps of a child.\u003cbr\u003e But if we are patient\u003cbr\u003e one day they will answer us\u003cbr\u003e with a poplar leaf trapped in a broken mirror, \u003cbr\u003e with a flame that suddenly revives in the fireplace, \u003cbr\u003e with a dark return of birds\u003cbr\u003e before the glance of a girl\u003cbr\u003e who waits motionless on the threshold.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-from \"In Order to Talk with the Dead\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReared in the rainy forests of Chile's \"La Frontera\" region which had nurtured Pablo Neruda a generation earlier, Jorge Teillier has become one of Chile's leading contemporary poets, whose work is widely read in Latin America and Europe along with the poetry of his well-known contemporaries Nicanor Parra and Enrique Lihn. This English-Spanish bilingual anthology now introduces English-speaking readers to Teillier, with a representative selection of his best work from all phases of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarolyne Wright has translated poems from the volumes \u003ci\u003eMuertes y maravillas\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003ePara un pueblo fantasma\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and \u003ci\u003eCartas para reinas de otras primaveras\u003c\/i\u003e (1985). Avoiding the bravura effects of some of his contemporaries, Teillier writes from a life lived directly and simply, returning time and again in his poetry to the timeless and mythic South of his boyhood, the \"Land of Nevermore.\"\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-338898\"\u003eJorge Teillier\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292781238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292781237\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-POE012000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of several prestigious awards, including the Gabriela Mistral Prize, Jorge Teillier (1935-1996) spent much of his adult life working as a reviewer and journalist for many of Chile's leading magazines and newspapers. Translator Carolyne Wright is also an award-winning poet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44285985849581,"sku":"9780292781238","price":33.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_574c267a-15de-4a17-ba30-31fbb1437e8e.jpg?v=1696959702","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/in-order-to-talk-with-the-dead-selected-poems-of-jorge-teillier-9780292781238","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}