The poetry of Jaime Gil de Biedma, the most original and influential Spanish poet since the civil war, is finally, after years of censorship under Generalissimo Franco, reaching a huge audience in Spain. His poems capture the mood of post-civil war Spain and of cosmopolitan Barcelona, where the poet belonged to a celebrated literary movement within the antifascist resistance. His poems are ironic and urban, satiric and unusually Mediterranean. The poet profiled in his poetry—defiant, self-mocking, with a nostalgic tango in the background—has become a legendary figure in the long struggle of the Spanish t emerge from the dictatorship modern and free.
Jaime Gil de Biedma was born in Barcelona in 1929. He studied law, and then worked and lived in Manila for long periods. He died of AIDS in 1990. James Nolan is the author of Why I Live in the Forest and What Moves Is Not the Wind (Weslyan University Press), and the translator of Pablo Neruda’s Stones of the Sky (Copper Canyon).

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Store Description

We sell used and rare books on all subjects. We were formerly 12TH STREET BOOKS in Manhattan, subsequently ATLANTIC BOOKSHOP at 179 Atlantic Avenue. Now we operate from an office in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Visit Seller's Storefront

Seller's business information

Atlantic Bookshop
1001 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, U.S.A.

Terms of Sale:

Visa/Mastercard accepted through ABE. Money orders and cash no longer accepted. We are a corporation. The owner and operator is Isaac Kosman. We can be reached at (718) 349-8234. Our physical location is 1001 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11222, though we are not open to the public. Complaints can be addressed to us at this address and/or number.

Shipping Terms:

We ship all packages vis the United States Postal Service. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we will request extra postage via the ABE server. You will be charged only upon acceptance of the requested amount. All packages are shipped with tracking numbers and these are supplied to the customer at the time of mailing.

Payment Methods
accepted by seller

Add to Wants

Items related to Longing: Selected Poems

Longing: Selected Poems

Gil de Biedma, Jaime; Nolan, James (trans.)

Used - Soft cover

Seller's business information