num_pages: 236
description: Begun in 1939, barely four months after the close of the Spanish Civil War, these poems by the Nobel Laureate poet Vicente Aleixandre were written during a period of hardship and despair. In spite of his surroundings Aleixandre created the splendor of the shadow of a lost paradise that consisted of memory, nostalgia, yearning and illusion. This is the first full English version. The original Spanish text is included.
language: English
title: Shadow of Paradise
titlecomplete: Shadow of Paradise
genres: Poetry, Spain, Literature
ratings_count: 119
publisher: University of California Press