Haven’t read Rafael Dieste (one of his books shows up in Bolaño’s novel 2666—Amalfitano hangs it in his backyard).
The Borges poetry collection matches nicely with these.
A poem by JLB:
Borges/Dieste (Books Acquired, 1.04.2014)
Haven’t read Rafael Dieste (one of his books shows up in Bolaño’s novel 2666—Amalfitano hangs it in his backyard).
The Borges poetry collection matches nicely with these.
A poem by JLB:
Dieste and Bolaño are very good authors. They’re from Galicia (a region in Spain), like me, so I studied them in Galician Literature at high school, and I have read some of their books. It’s great to know that they are internationally known :)
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So cool that you read Bolao in a high school class.
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Yes, and I have read a lot of other Galician authors. Castelao, Cunqueiro, Neira Vilas… I love Galician Literature.
I hope you enjoy Dieste :)
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Simplicity by J.L.B:
It opens, the gate to the garden
with the docility of a page
that frequent devotion questions
and inside, my gaze
has no need to fix on objects
that already exist, exact, in memory.
I know the customs and souls
and that dialect of allusions
that every human gathering goes weaving.
I’ve no need to speak
nor claim false privilege;
they know me well who surround me here,
know well my afflictions and weakness.
This is to reach the highest thing,
that Heaven perhaps will grant us:
not admiration or victory
but simply to be accepted
as part of an undeniable Reality,
like stones and trees.
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