{"product_id":"9781556591983","title":"Border of a Dream","description":"Author: Antonio Machado\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781556591983\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Feb 2004\u003cbr\u003ePages: 360 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Machado (18751939) is Spain's master poet, the explorer of dream and landscape, and of consciousness below language. Widely regarded as the greatest twentieth century poet who wrote in Spanish, Machado-like his contemporary Rilke-is intensely introspective and meditative. In this collection, the unparalleled translator Willis Barnstone, returns to the poet with whom he first started his distinguished career, offering a new bilingual edition which provides a sweeping assessment of Machado's work. In addition, \u003ci\u003eBorder of a Dream\u003c\/i\u003e includes a reminiscence by Nobel Laureate Juan Ramn Jimenez and a foreword by John Dos Passos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003efrom \"Proverbs and Songs\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsolute faith. We neither are nor will be.\u003cbr\u003eOur whole life is borrowed\u003cbr\u003eWe brought nothing. With nothing we leave.\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003eYou say nothing is created?\u003cbr\u003eDon't worry. With clay\u003cbr\u003eof the earth make a cup\u003cbr\u003eso your brother can drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn near Seville, Spain, \u003cb\u003eAntonio Machado \u003c\/b\u003eturned to a career in writing and translating in order to help support his family after the death of his father in 1893. His growing reputation as a poet led to teaching posts in various cities in Spain and, eventually, he returned to finish his degree from the University of Madrid in 1918. He remained in Madrid after the outbreak of civil war, committed to the Republican cause, but the violence finally forced him to flee. He died an exile in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillis Barnstone \u003c\/b\u003eis one of America's foremost translator-poets, bringing into English an extraordinary range of work, from Mao Tse-tung to the New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920580984990,"sku":"ING-9781556591983","price":62.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781556591983.jpg?v=1782824801","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781556591983","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}