Gabriela Mistral: A Reader (Secret Weavers Series) [Paperback]

Isabel Allende (Editor), Maria Jacketti (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1877727180 | ISBN-13: 978-1877727184 | Publication Date: January 1, 1995 | Edition: First Edition

Poems and prose by Latin America’s first Nobel Prize laureate.

“This beautiful anthology holds the first English translation of Gabriela Mistral’s extraordinary poetry and prose... hidden to the mainstream no longer, here is the breathtaking lifework of a most gifted and enigmatic muse.”—NAPRA Journal

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Isabel Allende is a well known writer of fiction and nonfiction.

Product Details

• Paperback: 227 pages
• Publisher: White Pine Press; First Edition edition (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1877727180
• ISBN-13: 978-1877727184
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,333,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Modest Success, December 15, 2000

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This review is from: Gabriela Mistral: A Reader (Secret Weavers Series) (Paperback)

This workmanlike set of translations gives hints of the beauty and power of Mistral's poetry and prose, but I've read more moving translations of the same poems. Nonetheless, it's one of only two available through Amazon.com in English, and better to have a hint than nothing at all. A highly revered figure in South America and a Nobel Prize winner, Mistral should be better known here than she is.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jacketti's Translations Show Superior Quality, April 25, 2002

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wfunk46 (Hazleton, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gabriela Mistral: A Reader (Secret Weavers Series) (Paperback)

A fabulous undertaking of poetry and prose. It is obvious that Jacketti took all efforts to translate Mistral with flow and grace from Spanish. Very few translators achieve this height. My favorites are "The Obsession," "Paradise," "Heaven's Carriage,"and my most favorite is "The Christmas Star." Incidently, John Adams used this translation in his recently operetic release, "El Niño."

We need more translations from Jacketti!

I highly recommend "The Gabriela Mistral Reader" in your library collection.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gabriela Mistral Reader, May 7, 2002

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Deepali (Jersey City, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gabriela Mistral: A Reader (Secret Weavers Series) (Paperback)

I like the poetry's modernized spelling and format. It helps the modern reader to understand the text. The poems are full of meaning, helpful and have a positive effect on readers. My favorites poems are "The Wild Strawberry," "Rocking," "Flour," "Morning" and "The Rose." The selected works of "A Gabriela Mistral Reader" is an enjoyable experience for students and people who love poetry. I would highly recommend this book to everyone because her poem shows real life situations that we have in today's world; they describe the importance of nature and have deep feeling about women and from nature. Jacketti translates her poems very beautifully.