In case of fire in a foreign land [electronic resource] : new and collected poems from two languages /
Dorfman, Ariel.
Grossman, Edith,1936-
Durham : Duke University Press,
2002.
A collection of poetry bearing witness to atrocities committed by the Chilean dictatorship, describing the realities and aftermath of terror.
A collection of poetry bearing witness to atrocities committed by the Chilean dictatorship, describing the realities and aftermath of terror.
Poems in Spanish and English.
Expanded version of: Last waltz in Santiago and other poems of exile and disapperance. With new pref. by the author.
Like So Many Prefaces, This One Is Also Probably Superfluous -- By Way of Dedication: Community dot Com -- PART ONE To Miss, Be Missed, Missing = Desaparecer -- First Prologue: Simultaneous Translation = Primer Prologo: Traduccion Simultanea -- Red Tape = Tramites -- She's using Her Baby Teeth Now = A la nina se le estan cayendo los primeros dientes -- Hope = Esperanza -- Corn Cake = Pastel de choclo -- His Eye Is on the Sparrow = No ha lugar -- Two Times Two = Dos mas dos -- Last Will and Testament = Testamento -- Anniversary = Aniversario -- Identity = Identidad -- I Just Missed the Bus and I'll be Late for Work = Acabo de perder el bus y voy a llegar tarde al trabajo -- First We Set Up the Chairs = Primero pusimos las sillas en posicion -- The Other Companeros in the Cell are Asleep = Los demas companeros de la celda estan dormidos -- I Don't Know Where He Lives = No se donde vive. Nos hemos separado -- Soft Evidence = Pruebas al canto -- Nuptials = Nupcias -- Sometimes I See the Citroen = A veces sucede que me cruzo con el Citroen -- Cost of Living = Costo de vida -- Correspondence = Correspondencia -- Chains = Cadena perpetua -- Sun Stone = Sol de piedra -- PART TWO Poems IWasn't Going to Show Anybody = Poemas que no iba a mostrar a nadie -- Prologue: Parachute = Prologo: Paracaias -- Beggar = Pordiosero -- There Is No Wind to Ease the Flowers = No hay viento que alivie las flores -- Batteries Needed = Que venga yo mismo a cargar mi bateria -- St. George = San Jorge -- Something More Than Lightbulbs = Algo mas que ampolletas -- Drowning = Ahogos -- Maneuvers = Margenes de maniobra -- Habeas Corpus = Habeas Corpus -- PART THREE Undertow = Resaca -- Prologue: That Deafening Noise Is the Garbage Truck = Prologo: Ese ruido ensordecedor es el camion de la basura -- Present (A Three Poem Cycle-Requiem) = Presente (Ciclo de tres poemas) -- LastWaltz in Santiago = Utimo vals -- Occupation Forces = Ejercito de ocupacion -- Self Criticism = (Auto) critica (movil) -- Something Must Be Happening to My Antennas = Algo debe de estar pasando con mis antenas -- The Telephone. Long Distance. (I) = El telefono. Larga distancia. Malas Noticias -- The Telephone. Long Distance. (II) = El telefono. Larga distancia. Malas Noticias. -- Gracias = Gracias -- In Case of Fire in a Foreign Land = En caso de incendio en una tierra extrana -- FOUR EPILOGUES Anything Else Would Have Tasted Like Ashes = Cuatro Epilogos: Para Que La Vida No Tuviese Sabor a Cenizas -- Voices from Beyond the Dark = Voces contra el poder -- Problems with Doors = Problemas con las puertas -- Ten Minutes = Diez minutos.
Description based on print version record.
POETRY / General.