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Highlights
- Intimate conversations, soliloquies, patches of burned diaries, existential definitions of beauty, pain, or personal discovery come together in Music for Bamboo Strings.
- About the Author: Carlos Pintado (born 1974 in Cuba) received the Paz Prize for Poetry for his book Nine Coins/Nueve Monedas, the Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry for Autorretrato en azul, and was a finalist for the Adonais Prize for El azar y los tesoros.
- 152 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres,
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About the Book
A new Collection of haunting prose and poetry from Carlos Pintado.Book Synopsis
Intimate conversations, soliloquies, patches of burned diaries, existential definitions of beauty, pain, or personal discovery come together in Music for Bamboo Strings. A subtle tapestry of music imbues the story and cinematography of each poem. This bilingual collection by Cuban-American poet Carlos Pintado has been masterfully translated by Lawrence Schimel, a recipient of the 2023 Sundial Literary Translation Award. Música para cuerdas de bambú Music for Bamboo Strings is a lyric journey through several cultures and themes: a reinterpretation of Kawabata's Snow Country or Vincent van Gogh's Wheatfields with Crows, for instance. These poems also evoke Pintado's quieter moments, while he's subdued by flickering flames in the small hours or captivated by a fleeting face in a crowd. Music for Bamboo Strings is a territory of fear and beauty that wonders what may be revealed through poetry and plots an emotional cartography of paths that might be followed.Review Quotes
These poems do leave the reader, if not wanting more, then eager to read and reread the poems before them--George Henson "World Literature Today"
About the Author
Carlos Pintado (born 1974 in Cuba) received the Paz Prize for Poetry for his book Nine Coins/Nueve Monedas, the Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry for Autorretrato en azul, and was a finalist for the Adonais Prize for El azar y los tesoros.
Lawrence Schimel is a prolific translator of poetry, prose fiction, and children's books. Schimel is also an accomplished writer, translator, and anthologist. His work, which frequently deals with gay and lesbian themes as well as matters of Jewish identity, often falls into the genres of science fiction and fantasy and takes the form of both poetry and prose for adults and for children. He has won the Lambda literary award (twice), among other honors.Dimensions (Overall): 7.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .38 Inches (D)
Weight: .36 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 152
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Publisher: Sundial House
Format: Paperback
Author: Carlos Pintado
Language: English
Street Date: April 23, 2024
TCIN: 91574603
UPC: 9798987926451
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-3270
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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