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The Galloping Hour: French Poems Poems. Selections. English by Ferrari, Patricio;Gander, Forrest;Pizarnik, Alejandra is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A beautifully produced and exquisitely translated edition of French poems by “the best exponent of the poetry of introversion and metaphorical delirium” (Italo Calvino)  The Galloping Hour: French Poems—never before rendered in English and unpublished during her lifetime—gathers for the first time all the poems that Alejandra Pizarnik (revered by Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano) wrote in French. Conceived during her Paris sojourn (1960–1964) and in Buenos Aires (1970–1971) near the end of her tragically short life, these poems explore many of Pizarnik’s deepest obsessions: the limitation of language, silence, the body, night, sex, and the nature of intimacy. Drawing from personal life experiences and echoing readings of some of her beloved/accursed French authors—Charles Baudelaire, Germain Nouveau, Arthur Rimbaud, and Antonin Artaud—this collection includes prose poems that Pizarnik would later translate into Spanish. Pizarnik’s work led Raúl Zurita to note: “Her poetry—with a clarity that becomes piercing—illuminates the abysses of emotional sensitivity, desire, and absence. It presses against our lives and touches the most exposed, fragile, and numb parts of humanity.”

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Author

Ferrari, Patricio;Gander, Forrest;Pizarnik, Alejandra

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780811227742

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Romance, Poetry, Humanities

Rating

4.4 / 5 (22 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14