Inhabited Heart: The Selected Poems of Eugenio De Andrade (Perivale Translation Series)

by Eugénio de Andrade, Alexis Levitin (Translator)

Inhabited The Selected Poems of Eugenio De Andrade Alexis Inhabited The Selected Poems of Eugenio De Andrade Perivale FIRST First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Perivale Press, 1985. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 318316 Poetry We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!

Genres: Poetry

256 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1985

About the author

The Portuguese poet Eugénio de Andrade, pseudonym of José Fontinhas, is revered as one of the leading names in contemporary Portuguese poetry.
His poetry is most striking for the depth of his short poems. One of Eugénio de Andrade's most known poems is his Poem to Mother.
In 2001, he received the Portuguese award Prémio Camões.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

At his best, Andrade’s poetry generates startling images through juxtapositions of common poetic elements (body, color, landscape, etc.) reminiscent of 19th century Symbolists. At his worst, his poetry consists of strings of lovely-sounding words that are too abstract and obtuse to make much sense despite the gracefulness of the language on the page, resulting in a type of empty beauty. Many of these poems (too many, unfortunately) are the verse equivalent of an air-brushed photograph: artificially manipulated for a stylized look that leaves me feeling hollow rather than enraptured by the end result. That being said, when Andrade hits the mark, his poems can have a stirring emotional resonance. The problem is that reading his poetry causes me to vacillate between these two up-and-down extremes.