Antipoems: New and Selected
by:
Nicanor Parra (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780811209601 (0811209601)
Publish date: October 17th 1985
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
This is the short note I made about this book back in 2005 when I read it: >>This poet is both subversive and fun. It's guys like this that basically piss off right wing conservatives, to put it mildly (haha!). Seriously though, Nicanor Parra is a well known Chilean poet known for his humor and unco...
Bolaño once called him ‘the greatest living poet in the Spanish language.’ González Eschevaría says, ‘The chief trait Parra picked up from the avant-garde was a playful humor that makes him unique in Latin American poetry, and anticipates the novels of the Boom.’Some samples chosen for their brevity...
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