Miguel Ángel Hernández is een vooraanstaand Spaans auteur wiens proza met opmerkelijke gevoeligheid en intellectuele diepgang de complexiteit van het menselijk bestaan verkent. Zijn stijl, beïnvloed door een lijn van literaire meesters, kenmerkt zich door ingewikkelde constructie en suggestieve beelden. Hernández onderzoekt thema's als identiteit, herinnering en de onvermijdelijkheid van vergankelijkheid, en creëert werken die zowel op emotioneel als intellectueel niveau resoneren bij de lezers. Zijn verhaalvermogen wordt gekenmerkt door krachtig lyrisme en een meedogenloze zoektocht naar het vastleggen van de ongrijpbare momenten van het leven.
Imprisoned in Franco's jails, Miguel Hernandez died from untreated TB in 1942 at the age of 31. His passionate and bittersweet work is a dazzling reminder that force can never defeat spirit. Bilingual edition with testaments by Lorca, Neruda and other leading poets, and a comprehensive illustrated introduction by Willis Barnstone.
Poetry. Translated from the Spanish by Michael Smith. THE PRISON POEMS is the first complete translation into English of Miguel Hernandez's Cancionero y romancero de ausencias, a classic of twentieth century Spanish poetry, comparable in many respects to the work of Lorca and Pablo Neruda. The poems in this book were mostly written while Hernandez was in prison after the defeat of Republican Spain. Although he was totally involved in the Republican cause, its defeat did not lead to bitterness on his part. The poems are profoundly human, rising beyond political ideology, constantly striving toward a redemptive vision of the human condition.
The Second Ku Klux Klan's success in the 1920s remains one of the order's most enduring mysteries. Emerging first as a brotherhood dedicated to paying tribute to the original Southern organization of the Reconstruction period, the Second Invisible Empire developed into a mass movement with millions of members that influenced politics and culture throughout the early 1920s. This study explores the nature of fraternities, especially the overlap between the Klan and Freemasonry. Drawing on many previously untouched archival resources, it presents a detailed and nuanced analysis of the development and later decline of the Klan and the complex nature of its relationship with the traditions of American fraternalism.
Exploring the intricate relationship between the living and the dead, this psychological novel follows widowed photographer Dolores Ayala as she undertakes an unusual assignment to photograph a deceased man at his funeral. Through her encounter with the eccentric Clemente Artâes, she delves into the forgotten art of post-mortem photography, confronting the memories and secrets that linger in images of the departed. The narrative examines themes of grief, memory, and the haunting presence of the past, revealing the complexities of how we remember those we've lost.