{"product_id":"the-eternal-dice-selected-poems-9780811237666","title":"The Eternal Dice: Selected Poems","description":"The Peruvian poet César Vallejo--one of Latin America's most famous poets--was involved in various literary circles and began publishing his poems in 1914 in magazines, after discovering the works of Walt Whitman, the French symbolists, and the modernist Nicaraguan poet Rubén Dario. He brought out his first book of poems in 1919, \u003cem\u003eLos heraldos negros\u003c\/em\u003e, and in 1922, he published his famous Trilce, which met a cool reception. Vallejo spent many years of his life in Europe--in Paris and Spain. Like many of the surrealists, he became a Marxist, and he was an ardent supporter of the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War. In his poems, Vallejo poignantly describes human misery, isolation, and anguish. As the translator Margaret Jull Costa explains: \"Vallejo edited and redrafted and honed his poetry. This is the only way in which he could describe the antithetical, paradoxical, oxymoronic universe he was living in, by using language at full tilt, making it perform all kinds of acrobatics. The resulting poems often defy interpretation...\" This marvelous new bilingual selection of poems spanning his career up to his early death confirms Robert Hass's assessment that Vallejo was \"one of the essential poets of the twentieth century, a heartbreaking and groundbreaking writer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e César Vallejo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811237666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJull Costa, Margaret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Jull Costa\u003c\/strong\u003e has won countless prizes for her translations from Portuguese and Spanish. Patricio Ferrari is a poet, translator, and editor, and has translated the works of Pessoa and Alejandra Pizarnik among others. Jerónimo Pizarro is Professor at the Universidad de los Andes and holds the Camões Institute Chair of Portuguese Studies in Colombia. Jorge Uribe has edited several editions of Pessoa's works and translated various Portuguese authors into Spanish.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVallejo, César:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cstrong\u003eCésar Vallejo\u003c\/strong\u003e (1892 - 1938) was a Peruvian poet, who, although he published just two books during his lifetime, is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century.\"","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"C\u0026#195;\u0026#169;sar Vallejo \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47282890375325,"sku":"9780811237666","price":35.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_769a447f-2ddd-4eae-81e5-47499d85f508.jpg?v=1759956591","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-eternal-dice-selected-poems-9780811237666","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}