Symbolics / by José María Eguren; translated by José Garay Boszeta

Dulzorada. Trade paperback. New. 

The publication of Symbolics (1911), José María Eguren’s first book of poems, marked a before and after for his contemporaries and it has been since then widely regarded as a major turning point into contemporary Peruvian poetry. Symbolics has directly influenced the style and vision of several generations of poets and writers, who have unanimously recognized Eguren as a leading voice of his generation and have paid him sincere homage for over a century now. The 34 poems of Symbolics are among Eguren’s most influential and important work and remain as the best introduction to his poetic universe.
This dual language edition, the first English translation of any of Eguren’s works, has carefully intended to preserve both the form and the content of the poems in translation from the original Spanish language. It intends to restitute the figure of one of the most uniquely crafted Latin American voices at the turn of the 20th century, and open up a window to his timeless past.