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The Enchanted Isles: Las encantadas
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ISBN10: 1848618107
ISBN13: 9781848618107
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: Mar 24 2023
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781848618107
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: Mar 24 2023
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Enchanted Isles begins with a dream in which Oh, the narrator, returns to a voyage he made to the Galápagos - known as enchanted because of their danger-ous currents, which lured seamen to their deaths - ten years earlier. It was to be a voyage of enchantment, a lovers' voyage, an eight-day cruise paid for by a magical win at roulette, the number eight coming up eight times in a row.
But in the meantime, Ah and Oh have separated, and so the memory dream is shot through with regret and also with a sometimes nightmarish vision of the ugly black volcanic islands where Darwin, observing mutations in finches, first came up with the idea of evolution. In a multi-themed jazz rondo form, extracts from Darwin's writings, geo-metry, chance and fate, giant tortoises complaining of human depredation, iguanas, jellyfish, blades of grass, extinct volcanoes, scuba diving and tender tourist conversation dance round and round. Occasionally the music breaks down and stutters: we hear dissonance as well as secret harmonies. This is a work of great lyricism, teasing humour and complex originality, a poem of everything.
A radical experiment in poetics, a world that is both real and unreal. -Miguel Casado, La Vanguardia, Barcelona
One of the best books in Spanish of the past 20 years. -Francesco Tarquini, Ispanoamericana, University of Roma La sapienza
A radical experiment in poetics, a world that is both real and unreal. -Miguel Casado, La Vanguardia, Barcelona
One of the best books in Spanish of the past 20 years. -Francesco Tarquini, Ispanoamericana, University of Roma La sapienza
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