State of Exile (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) (Spanish Edition)

Resumen: Poemas Sobre La Tema De Exilio De Cristina Peri Rossi, Una Poeta Uruguayana Que Durante La Dictadura Militar De Uruguay Se Exilió En España, País Donde Vive Desde Entonces. Cristina Peri Rossi Was Born In Uruguay And Is Considered A Leading Light Of The Latin American Boom Generation. In 1972, After Her Work Was Banned Under A Repressive Military Regime, She Left Her Country, Moving To Spain. This Collection Of Poems, Written During Her Journey And The First Period Of Her Self-exile, Was So Personal That It Remained Unpublished For Almost Thirty Years. It Is Accompanied Here By Two Brilliant Essays On Exile, One By Peri Rossi And The Other By Translator Marilyn Buck, Who Is An American Political Prisoner, Exiled In Her Own Land. Cristina Peri Rossi Is The Author Of Thirty-seven Works, Including The Ship Of Fools. Cristina Peri Rossi ; Translated From The Spanish By Marilyn Buck. Parallel Text In English And Spanish. A tender, moving, and multi-layered portrait of the pain, loneliness, and permanent nostalgia of exile.