The Landscape of Castile
Antonio Machado
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Description for The Landscape of Castile
Paperback. The first complete English translation of Machado's most important book. Translator(s): Berg, Mary G.; Maloney, Dennis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
This is the first complete English translation of Campos de Castilla, the book central to Machado's work, which was written between 1907 and 1917. Machado made his living as a teacher, and in 1907 he accepted a post in the isolated town of Soria in Castile. He stayed for five years, marrying and then watching as his young wife slowly died of tuberculosis. Though he moved often during the rest of his life, Castile remained his spiritual center, and the poems, many the result of long walks in the countryside, reflect the landscape there: spare and luminous. Published in a ... Read more
This is the first complete English translation of Campos de Castilla, the book central to Machado's work, which was written between 1907 and 1917. Machado made his living as a teacher, and in 1907 he accepted a post in the isolated town of Soria in Castile. He stayed for five years, marrying and then watching as his young wife slowly died of tuberculosis. Though he moved often during the rest of his life, Castile remained his spiritual center, and the poems, many the result of long walks in the countryside, reflect the landscape there: spare and luminous. Published in a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
483 g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Buffalo, United States
ISBN
9781893996267
SKU
V9781893996267
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Ref
99-15
About Antonio Machado
Dennis Maloney is a poet and translator. His translations include the work of Pablo Neruda and Juan Ramon Jime.
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