Notes / Notas

<p>''One of the greatest poets the world has today.'' —José Saramago, Winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature</p><p>This bilingual edition makes Juan Gelman’s hauntingly beautiful poetry collection, <em>Notes / Notas</em>, available to English-speaking audiences in its entirety for the first time.</p><p>Originally published in 1979, <em>Notas / Notes</em> was composed in exile, following the 1976 military coup d''etat in Argentina. This period of state terrorism resulted in the disappearance of writers, comrades, and Gelman’s own son.</p><p>With a deep appreciation for Gelman’s masterful linguistic play, translators Afsari and Tandeciarz channel the force of his poetic testimony against the real violence of dictatorship.</p><p>Interweaving reflections on revolution, loss and memory, Argentina’s poet laureate conjures forth a sense of hope in the wake of inconceivable suffering.</p>