Claribel Alegria Libros

This bilingual edition of poems from El Salvadors most beloved poet moves in imagery between Central America and the world, between childhoods safety in the ceiba trees shade and the journey through time that the speaker must take. The translation lovingly preserves the lyricism of the original language, a moving and memorable collection.

Well-known for her incisive descriptions of war and violence in El Salvador, Claribel Alegría is one of Central Americas most eminent poets. In Fugues, a lucid and strikingly beautiful new collection, she looks squarely into the face of mortality, love, and aging, to explore the personal as well as universal questions that face each human