Ciudad de la Memoria (Poesía) / City of Memory and Other Poems
$38.07
- Paperback
64 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2025
Summary
Octavio Paz once wrote that in José Emilio Pacheco’s poetry, nature triumphs over culture–and in exalting it, he transfigures it, turning it into words.
Some see in Pacheco’s poetry an image of desolation, of time that has passed and will never return. It is that, but it is also the awareness of an unrepeatable moment: “A drop of rain trembled on the vine. / All night long it lingers in that dark moisture. / Suddenly, the moon illuminates.”
Composed of fifty poems tha…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9786073926768 |
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| ISBN-10: | 6073926766 |
| Author: | José Emilio Pacheco |
| Publisher: | Editorial Planeta Mexicana S.A. de C.V. |
| Imprint: | Editorial Planeta Mexicana S.A. de C.V. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2025 |
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About The Author
José Emilio Pacheco
José Emilio Pacheco (Ciudad de México, 1939-2014) published his first short stories in La sangre de Medusa, followed by El viento distante and El principio del placer. Among his narrative works, Morirás lejos and Las batallas en el desierto, a long seller since its launch, stand out.
His poetic work, which began with Los elementos de la noche and El reposo del fuego, is unparalleled and already includes fourteen poetry collections gathered in two anthologies.
Also noteworthy is his work as an essayist, particularly in «Inventario», a column published over four decades in which literary and journalistic elements converge, fundamental to understanding the culture of Mexico and the world.
His translations of Beckett, Wilde, Tennessee Williams, T.S. Eliot, to name a few, bring us closer to the references of universal literature.
He received, among others, the José Asunción Silva (1996), José Donoso (2001), Octavio Paz (2003), Ramón López Velarde (2003), Pablo Neruda (2004), Alfonso Reyes (2004), Reina Sofía (2009), and Cervantes (2009) awards.
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