ExtractingtheStoneofMadness

Revered by the likes of Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano, Alejandra Pizarnik remains a hidden treasure in the U.S. However, Extracting the Stone of Madness: Poems 1962–1972 seeks to unearth this extraordinary poet for English readers. The bilingual edition spans the heights of Pizarniks oeuvre and is sure to captivate and enchant.

Despite her brief life, Pizarnik managed to produce an astonishingly powerful body of work. In her own words, she was drawn to the “suffering of Baudelaire, the suicide of Nerval, the premature silence of Rimbaud, the mysterious and fleeting presence of Lautréamont,” as well as to the “unparalleled intensity” of Artauds “physical and moral suffering.” Her poetry explores themes of solitude, childhood, madness, and death, as she probes the shifting valences of the self and the vague border between speech and silence.

This compilation of poems includes the full collections of her middle to late work, as well as a selection of posthumously published verse. With its powerful imagery and thought-provoking themes, it is a must-read for poetry lovers everywhere.

作者简介

AlejandraPizarnik(1936–1972)wasborninArgentinaandeducatedinSpanishandYiddish.Inadditiontopoetry,Pizarnikalsowroteexperimentalworksoftheaterandprose.Shediedofadeliberatedrugoverdoseattheageofthirty-six.YvetteSiegertisawriterandtranslatorbasedinNewYork.