Description: The first book of poems by Pizarnik to be published in its entirety in the U.S., poetry at the edge of impossibility.
Brief description: Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972) was born in Argentina and educated in Spanish and Yiddish. In addition to poetry, Pizarnik also wrote experimental works of theater and prose. She died of a deliberate drug overdose at the age of thirty-six.
Review Quotes: Translated by Yvette Siegert, this collection recalls a collusion of whimsy and gravitas apparent in Cortázar's work while simultaneously presenting the poet's own unique lyric sensibility.--Erica Wright "Guernica"