From Library Journal
With Lorca, Machado is considered Spain's greatest poet of the 20th century. Other works have been translated ( Selected Poems , LJ 10/1/82; Times Alone , LJ 6/1/83), but this volume represents "the cornerstone of Machado's entire literary production." It shows Machado as a poet of loss"Everywhere I have seen/ caravans of sadness,/ proud and melancholy men,/ drunk with black shadow"who also celebrates the folklife of his native Andalusia"Beauty of the countryside barely in bloom/ and mystical spring!" A generous introduction offers insight into Machado's literary background, and though the translations emphasize "the sense of the original," they still manage to animate the soul that lives in Machado's work. Thom Tammaro, Multidisciplinary Studies Department, Moorhead State University, Minn.
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