{"product_id":"extracting-the-stone-of-madness-poems-1962-1972-9780811223966","title":"Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972","description":"Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bola?o, Alejandra Pizarnik is still a hidden treasure in the U.S. \u003cem\u003eExtracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962-1972 \u003c\/em\u003ecomprises all of her middle to late work, as well as a selection of posthumously published verse. Obsessed with themes of solitude, childhood, madness and death, Pizarnik explored the shifting valences of the self and the border between speech and silence. In her own words, she was drawn to \"the suffering of Baudelaire, the suicide of Nerval, the premature silence of Rimbaud, the mysterious and fleeting presence of Lautr?amont,\" as well as to the \"unparalleled intensity\" of Artaud's \"physical and moral suffering.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePizarnik, Alejandra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAlejandra Pizarnik\u003c\/strong\u003e (1936-1972) was born in Argentina and educated in Spanish and Yiddish. In addition to poetry, Pizarnik also wrote experimental works of theater and prose. She died of a deliberate drug overdose at the age of thirty-six.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSiegert, Yvette:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - The poet \u003cstrong\u003eYvette Siegert\u003c\/strong\u003e has also translated \u003cem\u003eThe Reef \u003c\/em\u003eby Juan Villoro and Alejandra Pizarnik's poetry collections \u003cem\u003eA Musical Hell, Diana's Tree\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eExtracting the Stone of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, for which she won the 2017 Best Translated Book Award.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615600939282,"sku":"9780811223966","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e38c1a5-bc71-435f-a4e2-8d8e24ad2121.jpg?v=1732495567","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/extracting-the-stone-of-madness-poems-1962-1972-9780811223966","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}