Inri
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (882 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1934851043 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 134 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A shocking poetic account of an event that was kept secret: the throwing of the bodies of the disappeared in Chile into the mouths of volcanoes and into the sea. In order to bring this event, which was neither seen nor heard, into language, Zurita invents a form and language capable of bringing it into the present. His work is part of a revolution in poetic language that began in the 1970s and sought to find new forms of expression, radically different from those of Pablo Neruda. There the event might begin to be touched, heard, and finally seen. "INRI" is written as poetry without regular lines or metre. The one place where these unspeakable acts might be registered is in the landscape of Chile: the mountains, desert, and sea. When the
About the Author William Rowe is Anniversary Professor of Poetics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and author of several books on Latin American Poetry.
An amazing read Mark Stratton I would never had picked this book. Had I seen this book on the shelf, I would have put it back after reading the blurb on the back. Shows what I know.The theme of this book is The Disappeared from the days of the regime of Pinochet in Chile from 1973-1990. He was moved to write this, to try to express that which did not exist until it was announced in 2001 by the President of Chile, Sr. Ricardo Lagos.
William Rowe is Anniversary Professor of Poetics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and author of several books on Latin American Poetry.