Book by Martinez Dionisio D
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
"The voice is contemporary, level-headed, confiding, but it quite often deals in marvels and apocalypse ... with that sort of verve diligent souls seem able to spark off from the infinite resources of language... The best new American poet I've read in some time." -- William Scammell "Americans do not have the refracting lens through which to see themselves, but Martinez has uncovered their basic optimism, their heartfelt skepticism. He is blessed, and cursed, with senses of both intimacy and distance. The movement of his poetry is almost compulsive, worrying at the edge of association as it strives for explanation, melding concepts that might otherwise remain discrete. This is not surrealism, but a third landscape, an emotional territory carved out of the imagination." -- Judith Kitchen "Mr. Martinez has made the necessary accommodations with political reality, yet, for him, the dreadful fact of alienation continues to inform all other truth: 'No matter where I go,' he observes, 'I carry foreign currency.'" -- William Ferguson "[Bad Alchemy is] pulled together by lines that zoom across the page, phrasing that grabs you almost more quickly than you can read it, and references so sly they're worth a second-and sometimes a third and a fourth-glance. Martinez delicately balances exuberance and poignancy, and many of his prose poems should be cautionarily prefaced, 'Please fasten your seat belt.'" -- Elizabeth Gunderson "Always inventive, Martinez is the master of the memorable line: 'In a history of closed doors, an open / window means everything.' Recommended for all larger collections." -- Daniel L. Guillory "[Bad Alchemy] sweeps the reader along on a wave of dazzling imagery and verbal magic... This is an original voice, a fusion of American energy and Latin American mysticism, Whitman filtered through Marquez and Paz." -- Peter Meinke "Martinez's poems reflect poignantly on the poet's status as a Cuban exile destined to a perennial sense of dislocation." -- David Lehman
In this exuberant and distinctive collection, Dionisio Martinez addresses topics as diverse as love, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, twentieth-century art and music, and the relevance of language in an age of image. Much of Martinez's private iconography comes from the picket-fence California community of his youth, in which large events-from the veneration of pop icons (Jean Harlow, Ed Sullivan) to the Vietnam War-seemed to move in slow motion. As an adult, the poet tries to make sense of what the child could not grasp.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Versand:
EUR 3,58
Innerhalb der USA
Versand:
EUR 2,36
Innerhalb der USA
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Like New. 1996. Paperback. Small publisher's mark on bottom of text block. Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A32630
Anzahl: 9 verfügbar
Anbieter: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000458664U
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Webster's Bookstore Cafe, Inc., State College, PA, USA
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A clean and tight copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0000121551
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Leilani's Books, Patrick AFB, FL, USA
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Signed on full title page. 1st printing. Pages and cover and clean and looks unread. Signed by Author(s). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002841
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 460922-5
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, USA
Zustand: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23-0393315312-G
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 460922-n
Anzahl: 5 verfügbar
Anbieter: BargainBookStores, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Bad Alchemy: Poems 0.3. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BBS-9780393315318
Anzahl: 5 verfügbar
Anbieter: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, USA
Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 460922
Anzahl: 5 verfügbar
Anbieter: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, USA
Zustand: New. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABLIING23Feb2215580176797
Anzahl: Mehr als 20 verfügbar