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:
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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Reblogueó esto en losgirasolesdevincent.
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