The school of solitude
By: Luis Hernández ; translated and with a foreword by Anthony L. Geist
Contributors: Geist, Anthony L., 1945- translator, author of foreword
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9780983322061
Subjects: Translations into English
Work titles: Poems
Description: "Peruvian poet Luis Hernández is legendary in his native country. Haunted by addiction and spending periodic reclusion in rehabilitation centers, Hernández was exceptionally gifted in his youth, publishing three books of poetry by the time he was twenty-four. He did not publish another book before his untimely death at thirty-six, but he was not silent-he filled notebooks with poems, musical notations, quotes, translations, musings, newspaper clippings, and drawings. Derived from these notebooks, The School of Solitude is the first book of Hernández's poetry in English. The haunting voice of Hernández evokes an irrevocably distant past, with the poems contemplating happiness and joy, love and fulfillment, yet always with a sense of sadness, solitude, and dream. Including rare images from Hernández's notebooks, as well as several poems never before published in any language, The School of Solitude will be read not only for its powerful poetry and imagery, but also as a means to learn more about this enigmatic Latin American poet and the mystery of his life and work"--
Notes: English translations of poems, with Spanish originals on the facing page.