An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new
translation by one if the most acclaimed translators of our time
A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de Góngora pioneered poetic
forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of his time
that he was derided as "the Prince of Darkness." The Solitudes, his
magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush novel-in-verse that follows the
wanderings of a shipwrecked man who has been spurned by his lover.
Wrenched from civilization and its attendant madness, the desolate hero
is transported into a natural world that is at once menacing and
sublime. In this stunning edition Edith Grossman captures the
breathtaking beauty of a work that represents one of the high points of
poetic achievement in any language.
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