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iSBN 978-0-14-310672-2 $17.00 ($18.00 CAN)
Poetry 5 1 /16 x 7 3 /4 176 pp.
Rights: W00 Pub history: Penguin Classics hc
978-0-14-310638-8 On sale: 5/29/2012
A Cornerstone
SuGGeSTeD ORDeR
“ Edith Grossman has
splendidly brought The
Solitudes to life in English.”
—Edward Hirsch
PeNGuiN ClASSiC
juNe
Selection
“ Edith Grossman has surpassed even
her magnificent version of Don Quixote
by the far more difficult translation of
Góngora’s Solitudes.” —Harold Bloom
The Solitudes
A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text
Luis de Góngora
Translated with a Foreword and Notes by Edith Grossman
Introduction by Alberto Manguel
A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Góngora pioneered
poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic
of his time that he was derided as “the Prince of Darkness.” The
Solitudes, his magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush novel-inverse
that follows the wanderings of a shipwrecked man who
has been spurned by his lover. Wrenched from civilization—and
its attendant madness—the desolate hero is transported into a
natural world that is at once menacing and sublime.
In this stunning edition, Edith Grossman, our most celebrated
translator from Spanish, captures the breathtaking beauty of a
work that represents one of the high points of poetic achievement
in any language.
n A dual-language edition with the English and Spanish on facing pages
n Edith Grossman’s translation of Don Quixote was a national bestseller
n Also available as an e-book
luis de góngoRA (1561–1627) is among the most prominent
figures of the Spanish Golden Age.
edith gRossMAn is the acclaimed translator of Don Quixote as well
as books by Nobel Prize winners Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas
Llosa. She is the recipient of the inaugural Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
Translation Prize, the 2006 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, and a
Guggenheim Fellowship.
AlBeRto MAnguel is the bestselling author of dozens of books,
including A History of Reading and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places.
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