After-Dinner Declarations

Poetry. Latin American Studies. Bilingual edition. Translated from the Spanishby Dave Oliphant. Renowned Chilean antipoet Nicanor Parra has delivered as aseries... » 

Poetry. Latin American Studies. Bilingual edition. Translated from the Spanishby Dave Oliphant. Renowned Chilean antipoet Nicanor Parra has delivered as aseries of five verse speeches poems that eschew literary ostentation in favorof playful conversational musings. In a language steeped in colloquialismsParras declarations employ a range of discourses in order to expose thehypocrisy of human institutions and challenge those who remain satisfied withthe status quo. Parra uses his linguistic brilliance to confront the mostserious problems of our day ecology human rights and the limits ofscientific knowledge. The antipoet moves from one topic to another withinventiveness discovers for us a wealth of political philosophical andliterary insights as well as connections between ideas that shape our lives. «