The Galloping Hour: French Poems

by Alejandra Pizarnik and Forrest Gander

The Galloping Hour: French Poems--never before rendered in English and unpublished during her lifetime--gathers for the first time all the poems that Alejandra Pizarnik (revered by Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano) wrote in French. Conceived during her Paris sojourn (1960-1964) and in Buenos Aires (1970-1971) near the end of her tragically short life, these poems explore many of Pizarnik's deepest obsessions: the limitation of language, silence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081122774X
• ISBN13: 9780811227742
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.3"