{"product_id":"the-complete-poetry-a-bilingual-edition-9780520261730","title":"The Complete Poetry: A Bilingual Edition","description":"This first translation of the complete poetry of Peruvian César Vallejo (1892-1938) makes available to English speakers one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century world poetry. Handsomely presented in facing-page Spanish and English, this volume, translated by National Book Award winner Clayton Eshleman, includes the groundbreaking collections \u003ci\u003eThe Black Heralds \u003c\/i\u003e(1918), \u003ci\u003eTrilce \u003c\/i\u003e(1922), \u003ci\u003eHuman Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(1939), and \u003ci\u003eSpain, Take This Cup from Me \u003c\/i\u003e(1939). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVallejo's poetry takes the Spanish language to an unprecedented level of emotional rawness and stretches its grammatical possibilities. Striking against theology with the very rhetoric of the Christian faith, Vallejo's is a tragic vision--perhaps the only one in the canon of Spanish-language literature--in which salvation and sin are one and the same. This edition includes notes on the translation and a fascinating translation memoir that traces Eshleman's long relationship with Vallejo's poetry. An introduction and chronology provide further insights into Vallejo's life and work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCésar Abraham Vallejo Mendoza\u003c\/b\u003e (1892-1938) was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only three books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poet and essayist \u003cb\u003eClayton Eshleman \u003c\/b\u003eis a recipient of the National Book Award and the Landon Translation Prize. He is the cotranslator of \u003ci\u003eCésar Vallejo: The Complete Posthumous Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAimé Césaire: The Collected Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003eboth from UC Press. Among \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e's prestigious literary awards are the National Critics' Prize, the Peruvian National Prize, and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize. He is the author of more than twenty books. \u003cb\u003eEfrain Kristal \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. \u003cb\u003eStephen M. Hart \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies at University College, London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566031180050,"sku":"9780520261730","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5725d00-93d1-48c6-9e1e-b3f1a7985806.jpg?v=1731890061","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-complete-poetry-a-bilingual-edition-9780520261730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}