Description of the lie by Antonio Gamoneda and translated by Donald Wellman

This is poetry from Spain.

Description of the lie by Antonio Gamoneda translated by Donald Wellman is published by Talisman House. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2014.0 and has the ISBN of 9.78158498106E12.

Description of the lie, by Antonio Gamoneda, is a Spanish poetry collection from Spain, translated by Donald Wellman, published by Talisman House in 2014. It is a Spanish collection by Antonio Gamoneda that approaches falsehood as atmosphere, inheritance, and damaged memory. The book matters because it understands lying not merely as statement, but as a condition a person or country can be forced to breathe. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Spain; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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