By the time of his death at twenty-nine, bruno darío had already left a surprising and indelible mark on Mexican poetry with Lantana or, the indissoluble exhalation, a trilogy comprising the three full-length books he published in his lifetime. By turns sardonic and lyrical, scathing and irreverent, the hallucinatory sequence centers on the relationship of a young man (the Inconsolable) and an older woman who unexpectedly takes her own life (Lantana/Anfitriona). Across the three books, darío seamlessly code-switches between registers and genres: soliloquies from people, places, and things; the Inconsolable's notes, poems, and letters; the discourses of Lantana's buried corpse as gravity pulls her deeper into the soil. Lantana is a kaleidoscopic assemblage of texts that experiments with centuries of poetic tradition and firmly establishes darío as one of Mexico's most daring poets.This bilingual edition, featuring a biographical translator's introduction by Kit Schluter, marks the first appearance of darío's complete trilogy in a single volume.
| ISBN: | 9781946604163 |
| Publication date: | 1st November 2025 |
| Author: | bruno darío |
| Publisher: | Ugly Duckling Presse |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology |
By the time of his death at twenty-nine, bruno darío had already left a surprising and indelible mark on Mexican poetry with Lantana or, the indissoluble exhalation, a trilogy comprising the three full-length books he published in his lifetime. By turns sardonic and lyrical, scathing and irreverent, the hallucinatory sequence centers on the relationship of a young man (the Inconsolable) and an older woman who unexpectedly takes her own life (Lantana/Anfitriona). Across the three books, darío seamlessly code-switches between registers and genres: soliloquies from people, places, and things; the Inconsolable's notes, poems, and letters; the discourses of Lantana's buried corpse as gravity pulls her deeper into the soil. Lantana is a kaleidoscopic assemblage of texts that experiments with centuries of poetic tradition and firmly establishes darío as one of Mexico's most daring poets.This bilingual edition, featuring a biographical translator's introduction by Kit Schluter, marks the first appearance of darío's complete trilogy in a single volume.
Lantana or, the Indissoluble Exhalation features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology
Lantana or, the Indissoluble Exhalation is available in Paperback
Lantana or, the Indissoluble Exhalation was written by bruno darío and published by Ugly Duckling Presse
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