Full Description
In To World, poems interrogate everything: nature, society, and thought itself, with no prejudice or even principle. In other words, they don't follow any rule, tradition, or discipline; they are decidedly critical. Thought is not reduced to philosophical, ethical, religious, political, or aesthetic interpretations. Rather, we are before thought in its totality, unwilling to recognize borders - although never in a pure state, not falling into speculation, into thinking just for thinking's sake. Thought is always related to experience, both personal and collective, and above all, emotion. It never once stops being thought through image, that is to say, lyrical. This poetry speaks of poetry; it takes it all on: the objective and subjective, the real and imagined, I and other. It ventures into virgin territory, on the outskirts of romanticism, realism, symbolism, and the avant-garde. Always a model of rebelliousness and freedom, a lesson in devotion and rigor, Gelman's work places him among today's best poets.
Contents
La manzana
The Apple
Compañeros
Comrades
El pato salvaje
The Wild Duck
Amistades
Friendships
Escondrijos
Hideaways
La alondra
The Lark
Debajo
Below
Ahí
There
Accidentes
Accidents
La conversación con Mara esta noche
The Conversation with Mara Tonight
Líneas
Lines
Callejones
Alleyways
Cosmos
Cosmos
Tarde
Evening
El niño
The Child
Lejanías
Distances
Alas
Wings
Poema
Poem
A ver
Let's See
Roces
Brushings
La extranjera
The Foreigner
Vienen cómo
How They Come
Jardines
Gardens
Islas
Islands
La carta
The Letter
Océanos
Oceans
Regiros
Re-turns
Pasados
Pasts
Qué
What
Sacar
To Draw Out
Hilos
Threads
El barranco
The Barranca
Saludo
Greeting
Soneto
Sonnet
Paco
Paco
La pregunta
The Question
Olvidos
Oversights
Sucederá
It Will Happen
¿Cómo se llama?
What's It Called?
Tardes
Evenings
Sépase
Be It Known
Albas
Dawns
Patria
Homeland
Canción
Song
¿Cuánto?
How Much?
En
In
Andrea escribe a Marcela
Andrea Writes to Marcela
El encuentro
The Encounter
Amparos
Shelters
Avenidas
Avenues
Pisadas
Hoofprints
Malena
Malena
Es
Is
Tango
Tango
Foto
Photo
Andrea
Andrea
Volver
To Return
Pedazos
Pieces
Alrededor
Around
Baires
Baires
Gorri
Gorri
La pretensión
The Aspiration
El estornino
The Starling
Lecturas
Readings
Azares
Fates
Las águilas
The Eagles
Piojos
Lice
Plato
Plate
La camisa
The Shirt
Otoñar
To Autumn
Habilidades
Skills
La diosa
The Goddess
Problemas
Problems
Espasmos
Spasms
El puñal
The Dagger
La cama
The Bed
Nacer nacer
To Be Born To Be Born
Está
Is
Envolturas
Wrappings
Par impar
Even Odd
Pelícanos
Pelicans
¿Qué se sabe?
What Do You Know?
Distribuciones
Distributions
Interrupciones
Interruptions
Velocidades
Velocities
La muchacha
The Girl
La foto
The Photo
Ecco
Ecco
Caminos
Paths
Nieblas
Mists
Reflexiones
Reflections
Novedades
Novelties
Espera
Wait
Juegos
Games
Pérdidas
Losses
Callar
To Silence
A saber
To Wit
Exposiciones
Expositions
Caramba
Caramba
Gran lástima sería
A Great Shame It Would Be
Cortesías
Courtesies
El otro
The Other
Paulina
Paulina
Hechos
Facts
Doble
Double
No ser sabe
Not Being Knows
Alambres
Wires
Dice
Says
A veces
At Times
Sirenas
Sirens
Tal vez
Perhaps
Cifras
Ciphers
La sed
The Thirst
Estaba
Was
Árboles
Trees
La espiral
The Spiral
Semillas
Seeds
Mendigos
Beggars
Así, así
So, So
Descubrimientos
Discoveries
Neblinas
Hazes
Translator's Note
