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Authors: Jose Lezama Lima, Eloisa Lezama Lima
ISBN-13: 9788437602202, ISBN-10: 8437602203
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Ediciones Catedra S.A.
Date Published: January 1990
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Jose Lezama Lima

Book Synopsis

Paradiso es, en principio, el viaje ritual que Dante Alighieri cumple en la Divina Comedia, al tener que descender a los infiernos para luego reaparecer dejando en prenda su luz en la oscuridad. Esto hace de Paradiso una obra auténticamente dentro de la tradición órfica. La edición crítica de esta obra fundamental de la literatura latinoamericana está coordinada por Cintio Vitier y participan en el análisis de la obra: Ciro Bianchi Ross, Raquel Carrió, Julio Ortega, Benito Pelegrín, Severo Sarduy, Justo C. Ulloa y María Zambrano, entre otros.

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"Lezama Lima is one of Cuba's leading poets. . . . 'A Proust of the Caribbean,' Lezama Lima has been rightly called. . . . The wonder of Paradiso is the rediscovery of the world of words, not as a tool but as an art form in its own right. The rediscovery of an ancient and profound need, the solace of language. . . . Paradiso triumphs as a work of pure aestheticism, of absolute digression and linguistic tour de force."
Peter Moscoso-Gongora, Nation, 4/11/74

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