{"product_id":"concerning-the-angels-paperback-1","title":"Concerning the Angels - 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\u003eRafael Alberti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Murillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eJohn Murillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first full-length translation, celebrated poet John Murillo (Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Four Quartets Prize) brings Rafael Alberti's \u003ci\u003eConcerning the Angels\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSobre los ?ngeles\u003c\/i\u003e) to an English-reading audience. Murillo's foreword introduces \u003ci\u003eSobre los ?ngeles\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a monument--albeit a severely neglected monument--of early twentieth-century literature.\" Despite having \"penned a masterwork of social and psychic malaise as deserving as any of its place in the global canon,\" Alberti has disappeared into relative obscurity among readers of English language poetry, and Murillo's crucial intervention allows the Spanish poet's voice to once again echo prophetically from this book's opening poem, \"Paradise Lost\" \"throughout the centuries, \/ through the nothingness of the world, \/ I, without sleep, search for you.\" Insofar as the speaker addresses a figure named Shadow, he also seems to imagine us, his future readers, who need these prescient lyrics written in the time leading up to Spain's civil war and ensuing decades of fascist rule. Bringing his signature gifts to translating from the Spanish, Murillo has given new life to what many consider Alberti's magnum opus and delivered our marching orders for the resistance the future will require. \"It is time you gave me your hand \/ and scratched into me the little light that catches a hole as it closes \/ and killed for me this evil word I plan to plunge into the thawing earth.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Considered one of the major Spanish poets of the 20th century, \u003cb\u003eRafael Alberti\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1999) was the author of over twenty volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eMarinero en tierra\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCal y canto\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLa amante\u003c\/i\u003e. He also wrote several plays and the celebrated memoir, \u003ci\u003eLa arboleda perdida\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Grove\u003c\/i\u003e). His many honors include the Premio Cervantes, the America Award, and the Lenin Peace Prize among others. \u003ci\u003eSobre los ?ngeles\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eConcerning the Angels\u003c\/i\u003e) is regarded by many as his magnum opus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Murillo\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eUp Jump the Boogie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKontemporary Amerikan Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors include the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the Four Quartets Prize from the T.S. Eliot Foundation and the Poetry Society of America, and the Lucille Clifton Legacy Award from St. Mary's College of Maryland. He is a professor of English and teaches in the MFA program at Hunter College. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353517113593,"sku":"9781961897427","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/d5ctNS5eUn9781961897427_e2695cc3-74be-4a80-8402-3e1020d69d2e.webp?v=1769825062","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/concerning-the-angels-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}