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Translated by Gloria Garcia Lorca, the writer's niece, and Jane Duran, the family friend who became a celebrated poet, Gypsy Ballads is the most authentic version of Romancero Gitano imaginable. In their new translation Jane Duran and Gloria Garcia Lorca have been faithful to Lorca's work, searching out original meanings, avoiding overt interpretations, reproducing metaphors, so as to bring to an English-speaking reader the pure power of Lorca's poetry. What is revealed is a kaleidoscope of sensory images, characters and stories. Lorca described his most popular collection as 'the poem of Andalusia ...A book that hardly expresses visible Andalusia at all, but where hidden Andalusia trembles.' Seeking to relate the nature of his proud and troubled region of Spain, he drew on a traditional gypsy form; yet the homely, unpretentious style of these poems barely disguises strong undercurrents of conflicted identity. This bilingual edition includes revealing insights into the Romancero and the history of the Spanish ballad form by Andres Soria Olmedo; notes on the dedications by Manuel Fernandez-Montesinos; Lorca's lecture on his own book; and an introduction to the problems and challenges faced by translators of Lorca, by Professor Christopher Maurer.Product Identifiers
PublisherEnitharmon Press
ISBN-139781907587085
eBay Product ID (ePID)109225957
Product Key Features
Book TitleGypsy Ballads
AuthorFederico Garcia Lorca
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPoetry
Publication Year2011
Number of Pages218 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height216mm
Item Width138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorFederico Garcia Lorca
EditorJane Duran, Gloria Garcia Lorca
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 03 Feb, 2018
wonderful book
this is the most wonderful book.Iwas so amazed and happy to find it on e bay.It has the original spanish on one page and the english translation on the opposite page;so it is a perfect book to use.when i bought it,i presumed that it was just the english translation;so the book description on e bay dosn,t do the book justice,and had i known this,then i would not have also bought the little paperback copy in spanih,which i purchased on e bay at the same timeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 08 Sep, 2021
Excellent
Great book, great translationVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
