Education by Stone
By Joao Cabral De Melo Neto
Translated by Richard Zenith
By Joao Cabral De Melo Neto
Translated by Richard Zenith
By Joao Cabral De Melo Neto
Translated by Richard Zenith
By Joao Cabral De Melo Neto
Translated by Richard Zenith
Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism
Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism
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$16.00
Feb 01, 2005 | ISBN 9780974968018
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Apr 26, 2012 | ISBN 9781935744559
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Praise
The compressed wry clarities of this great poet find an active voice in these exceptionally perceptive translations. It matters that one understand “the original” beyond the seeming simplicity of its words. Richard Zenith does, altogether. —Robert Creeley
This superb selection of João Cabral de Melo Neto’s poems is indeed, in the words of the title, an “Education by Stone.” Like Francis Ponge and William Carlos Williams, Cabral is a poet of thingness; he observes the seemingly trivial and intransigent, transforming “stone” into something rich, strange—and often very sexy. Richard Zenith’s excellent translation captures Cabral’s unique—and surprising—poetic landscape in all its nuances and thus provides new access to a major Brazilian poet. —Marjorie Perloff
João Cabral de Melo Neto is one of Brazil’s most acclaimed poets . . . From his early days, Mr. Cabral has written poems that are marked by a captivating use of simple language. Avoiding ceremony and circumstance, they follow centuries-old paths rather than struggle to break new ground. —NY Times Book Review
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