{"product_id":"semantics-of-the-world-selected-poems-paperback-softback-9780826364241","title":"Semantics of the World; Selected Poems (Paperback \/ softback) 9780826364241","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSemantics of the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRómulo Bustos Aguirre (Author), Nohora Arrieta Fernández (Edited and translated by), Mark A. Sanders (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780826364241\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.1 x 14.4 x 0.6 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn exquisite translation of one of the most important Afro-Colombian poets writing today.\"--Emanuelle K. F. Oliveira-Monte, author of \u003cem\u003eWriting Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning contribution. . . . The poems themselves unfold as a kind of revelation of a geographic and cultural space, unknown to most English speakers, into a poetic universe of unexpected insights of a complex consciousness sounding out the meaning of the world through childhood memories, philosophical speculation, and the quick reversals of humor and irony.\"--Gwen Kirkpatrick, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dissonant Legacy of Modernismo: Lugones, Herrera y Reissig, and the Voices of Modern Spanish American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA poet of both the body and spirit, the work of Rómulo Bustos Aguirre often explores the nature of existence at the turn of the twenty-first century--humankind's relationship to itself and the universe, the meaning or purpose, if any, of human existence, and the daunting task of discerning that meaning. Critics have described his poetry as highly refined lyricism, metaphysical, existential, and at times erotic. \u003ci\u003eSemantics of the World\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the English-speaking world to the exciting work of Rómulo Bustos Aguirre, one of Colombia's most celebrated living writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis selection of extraordinary poems, edited and translated by Nohora Arrieta Fernández and Mark A. Sanders, presents Bustos Aguirre's works in Spanish alongside their English translations and features the critical apparatus necessary for making Bustos Aguirre's poetry more accessible to students, scholars, and the general reading public. The volume offers the perfect introduction to Rómulo Bustos Aguirre and his poetry for critical and popular audiences throughout the Anglosphere.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580488675608,"sku":"9780826364241","price":18.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/semantics-of-the-world-selected-poems-paperback-softback-9780826364241","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}