Toledo Ilustrado (Spanish Edition) - Hardcover

Rilke, Rainer Maria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8415717911 ISBN 13: 9788415717911

Publisher: Nordica Libros, 2015

Synopsis

In 1912, from Ronda, Spain, the great Czech poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote about the lasting impact Toledo, Spain, had made on him the previous month. He was fascinated by the city and the work of El Greco. This book presents Rilke’s lyrical impressions alongside fantastic illustrations by Eva Vásquez, who spent a year in the streets and squares of Toledo shaping her vision of the city into images. Two different, complementary perspectives of Toledo come together to encourage the discovery—or rediscovery—of the wonderful “Imperial City.”

About this title

About the Author

Rainer Maria Rilke was a Czech poet who contributed to German literature and who dedicated hundreds of poems in French to the canton of Valais in Switzerland. His best-known works include the poetry collections Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, the semiautobiographical novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and the posthumously published collection Letters to a Young Poet. Eva Vázquez is an illustrator, an animator, and a cartoonist. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines and newspapers such as El País, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She is the illustrator of the books Cuando me alcances, Lucio, Luz y niebla, Oscuro bosque oscuro, and Un pintor de Alejandría.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nordica Libros
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 8415717911
• ISBN 13: 9788415717911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Vázquez Eva
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88