{"product_id":"in-order-to-talk-with-the-dead-selected-poems-of-jorge-teillier-paperback","title":"In Order to Talk with the Dead: Selected Poems of Jorge Teillier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJorge Teillier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In order to talk with the dead\u003cbr\u003e you have to know how to wait: \u003cbr\u003e they are fearful\u003cbr\u003e like the first steps of a child.\u003cbr\u003e But if we are patient\u003cbr\u003e one day they will answer us\u003cbr\u003e with a poplar leaf trapped in a broken mirror, \u003cbr\u003e with a flame that suddenly revives in the fireplace, \u003cbr\u003e with a dark return of birds\u003cbr\u003e before the glance of a girl\u003cbr\u003e who waits motionless on the threshold.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-from \"In Order to Talk with the Dead\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReared in the rainy forests of Chile's \"La Frontera\" region which had nurtured Pablo Neruda a generation earlier, Jorge Teillier has become one of Chile's leading contemporary poets, whose work is widely read in Latin America and Europe along with the poetry of his well-known contemporaries Nicanor Parra and Enrique Lihn. This English-Spanish bilingual anthology now introduces English-speaking readers to Teillier, with a representative selection of his best work from all phases of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarolyne Wright has translated poems from the volumes \u003ci\u003eMuertes y maravillas\u003c\/i\u003e (1971), \u003ci\u003ePara un pueblo fantasma\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and \u003ci\u003eCartas para reinas de otras primaveras\u003c\/i\u003e (1985). Avoiding the bravura effects of some of his contemporaries, Teillier writes from a life lived directly and simply, returning time and again in his poetry to the timeless and mythic South of his boyhood, the \"Land of Nevermore.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of several prestigious awards, including the Gabriela Mistral Prize, Jorge Teillier (1935-1996) spent much of his adult life working as a reviewer and journalist for many of Chile's leading magazines and newspapers. Translator Carolyne Wright is also an award-winning poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 167\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42112188448848,"sku":"9780292781238","price":42.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/TmRHeGdub2FrSDFGRzVGU2tqMlh4QT09.webp?v=1772614171","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/in-order-to-talk-with-the-dead-selected-poems-of-jorge-teillier-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}