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Save Twilight: Selected Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series) (Spanish Edition)

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Cortazar seizes the heart, the throat, the gut... every part of the body. As with most great poetry, critical and interpretive words will not suffice; poetry must speak for itself. Cortazar's simplicity and force lies in its ability to speak volumes all on its own. From his insistent "I accept this destiny of ironed shirts,/I get to the movies on time, I give my seat to old ladies." in "The Good Boy" to his exquisitely simple, "Everything I'd want from you/is finally so little/ because finally it's everything", Cortazar describes simply what it is to feel.

Most importantly, this book is in Spanish and English, so linguistic purists will be able to compare the original with the translation (which for me is also the mark of an excellent book.)

... if you're dreaming, if you're breathing air or poetry. This book will make you want to write, it'll make you want to read it again and again, it'll sometimes leave you speechless and breathless, and some other times eager to go and tell others to read it. I must have read it as a whole at least eight times and some poems must've entered through my eyes at least 30 times. And I always return to it. It feels like home.

julio cortazar's poems are truly great. they're simple, beautiful and sad. i recommend anybody who loves or likes poetry to read this book. i keep coming back to cortazar's poems all the time. his poems are written very beautifully. like this line " i was a tango lyric to your indifferent tune."

julio cortazar's poems are truly great. they're simple, beautiful and sad. i recommend anybody who loves or likes poetry to read this book. i keep coming back to cortazar's poems all the time. his poems are written very beautifully. like this line " i was a tango lyric to your indifferent tune."

This was my first reading of this author and I loved it. His style has the right mix of subtlety and frankness(for lack of a better word). The book has each poem in Spanish as well as english.

I like Cortazar, I've read two novels and definitely recommend Hopscotch. 62: A Model Kit, is so-so. I recommend it if you've already read Hopscotch and love it and want another experimental novel about intellectuals lounging around and not doing much (Cortazar is not that unlike Seinfeld, but on a metaphysical and metaphorical instead of pop cultural level). These poems though let me down, I found them surprisingly shallow as you can possibly tell from the title of this review and none of them had any feeling or impact on me. None sounded great while seeming hollow to me. I think Cortazar was not much of a poet and those who say otherwise are probably fans of Cortazar more than of poetry. So unless Cortazar is one of your favorite writers, I would stay away from this one. Also its pretty expensive and once it arrives its tiny. If you don't trust me, you'll see.