Configurations: Poetry

by Octavio Paz

Book Overview

Configurations was his first major collection to be published in this country, and includes in their entirety Sun Stone (1957) and Blanco (1967). Paz himself translated many of the poems from the Spanish. Some distinguished contributors to this bilingual edition include, among others, Paul Blackburn, Lysander Kemp. Denise Levertov, and Muriel Rukeyser. Paz's poems, although rooted in the mythology of South America and his native Mexico, nevertheless...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811201503
• ISBN13: 9780811201506
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Tearing The Mask Away

A grand collection of poems written by the master technician of prose, Octavio Paz, in the late 50's and 60's. This was his first collection of writings released in the United States. The themes explored are typical Paz but two works standout and are worth the price of the book alone. The first is the epic "Piedra Del Sol/Sun Stone" where Paz explores the Aztec stone with erotic prose that illuminates as well as illustrates. The second is his reaction to the slaughter of demonstrating Mexican students in 1968 entitled "Ladera Este" which he protested by resigning as Ambassador to India. Excellent prose by Mexico's greatest poet.