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| El Hombre de las Suelas de Viento: Poemas Africanos de Arthur R. (1879-1891) |
| by David González |
Author: David González
Publisher: Germania
ISBN: 84-96147-08-8
No. of Pages: 63
Index: No
Table of Contents: Yes
Binding: Softcover
Last Update: 2003
Volume Discounts: Yes, call to inquire
Shipping Time: 2-5 Days
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The English translation of the title is: The Man with the Sole of the Wind
The poet David González just published a book "The Man With
the Sole of Wind." It's a book of poems which approachs the last years of
another poet, Arthur Rimbaud, during the years of 1879-1891. What David
González did, writing this homage, is really unique; it's an act of
possession and communion. The Asturian poet wished to create a book of
poems, taking 84 letters the French poet wrote to his family and friends,
where Rimbaud returns to life, tells us about his suffering, his illness,
the amputation of his leg, the labor exploitation, his loneliness in Africa,
the meanness of his work, his failure, and his anxiety state.
The theme of this book is anxiety and suffering. In this ribaldian vision of
González, the desperation also appears because Rimbaud was a man who
navigated in this frail nave of the desperate. David González went up to the
grief of Rimbaud not to his legend, not to his topic of being damned. He
didn't chose a Rimbaud out of tune, a Rimbaud "bad boy" who glittered at the
side of Paul Verlaine in the literary Paris. He chose a destroyed man in
Africa. He chose the twilight Rimbaud, moved away from poetry, moved away
from any vanity. He chose the Rimbaud whose only pride is to survive and not
suffer anymore. Therefore, this book of David González is special,
different, and important.
This review was originally in Spanish. Its translation is by Dagmar
Buchholz.
This work is only in Spanish. However, MANA will provide an English
translation of the first three pages. This translation is made by Carol
Bueno O'Donnell, head of the Language Department of Mott Community College,
Flint, MI
Even from the point of view of literary technique, writing like a medium, is
very interesting and justify the relevance of this book. The compassion
David González showed to the French poet has moved me. David González and
Rimbaud have made this voyage together, and their souls merged in a new form
of human solidarity and hope in the adversity.
- Manual Vilas
- ABC Newspaper
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