Clandestine Poems/Poemas Clandestinos (Spanish Edition)

Roque Dalton, who always said his mother was a poor, hard-working Salvadorean woman and his father a descendant of the famous Dalton Brothers-out of the U.S. wild west-a wealthy man who somehow met up with his mother and paid for his schooling but never really lived with them, was born in San Salvador in 1935.

These Clandestine Poems, written in the voices of five imaginary poets, deliver their political insights with biting humor, strength and tenderness. They are the poems of a worker and fighter, filled with courage, who loved life and hated oppression.

Dalton was one of the most influential poets and political writers in Latin America. In this book, written just before his assassination, he invents five poets who express their different concerns about the oppressive situation in El Salvador