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Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962 - 1972 by Pizarnik, Alejandra; Siegert, Yvette is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The first full-length collection in English by one of Latin America’s most significant twentieth-century poets. Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano, Alejandra Pizarnik is still a hidden treasure in the U.S. Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962–1972 comprises all of her middle to late work, as well as a selection of posthumously published verse. Obsessed with themes of solitude, childhood, madness and death, Pizarnik explored the shifting valences of the self and the border between speech and silence. In her own words, she was drawn to "the suffering of Baudelaire, the suicide of Nerval, the premature silence of Rimbaud, the mysterious and fleeting presence of Lautréamont,” as well as to the “unparalleled intensity” of Artaud’s “physical and moral suffering.” ** Review “There is an aura of almost legendary prestige that surrounds the life and work of Alejandra Pizarnik.” (César Aira) “Each of Pizarnik's poems is the cube of an enormous wheel.” (Julio Cortázar) “Read Alejandra Pizarnik's poems. They're remarkable.” (The Poetry Foundation) “Pizarnik made a huge impact on Spanish-language poetry, taking it down to its darkest depths and abandoning it there,
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- Author
- Pizarnik, Alejandra; Siegert, Yvette
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811216432
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (73 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14