num_pages: 119
description: "Intense, intimate, often dark collection of poems by dissident Cuban poet imprisoned in early 1990s and now living in Puerto Rico. Translations replicate this highly personal poetic voice with mixed success. En face. Useful biographical introduction by Cruz-Bernal"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Ballad of the Blood / Balada De La Sangre: The Poems of Maria Elena Cruz Varela / Los Poemas De Maria Elena Cruz Varela
titlecomplete: Ballad of the Blood / Balada De La Sangre: The Poems of Maria Elena Cruz Varela / Los Poemas De Maria Elena Cruz Varela (English, Spanish and Spanish Edition)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 11
publisher: Ecco Pr