This bilingual edition (in Spanish and English) collects Jaime Manrique’s lyrical and sensual poems about his childhood in Colombia, memories of his family, and his more recent experiences and loves in Manhattan. Musical and romantic, these poems are in the tradition of Pablo Neruda.
This bilingual edition (in Spanish and English) collects Jaime Manrique’s lyrical and sensual poems about his childhood in Colombia, memories of his family, and his more recent experiences and loves in Manhattan. Musical and romantic, these poems are in the tradition of Pablo Neruda.
"A poet of admirable rigor and exactitude."—Reinaldo Arenas
"Memories of an ecstatic childhood—walks by the sea, ‘a happy mambo,’ eating deceptive tropical fruits—merge with those of recent loves in these luscious, incantatory poems."—John Ashbery
"The most accomplished gay Latino writer of his generation."—Washington Post Book World
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