Eyes to See Otherwise: Poetry

by Homero Aridjis

For the first time, a comprehensive Selected Poems in a bilingual edition, by Mexico's greatest living poet. Eyes to See Otherwise is the first extensive selection of poems by leading Mexican poet Homero Aridjis to appear in English. The scope and quality of the translations, by some of America's finest poets, mark the centrality of his work on the map of modern poetry. Aridjis's sources range from Nahuatl chants and Huichol initiation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215091
• ISBN13: 9780811215091
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Powerful

Powerful,melodious, poignant in the interpretation of love, in the recollection of the poet's childhood. Aridjis ranks among some of the greatest poets of our times--C.P.Cavafy, Giorghos Seferis. Thomas M Kazamias, MD

The world through the eyes of a great poet

This is the most extraordinary book of poems I have read in the past decade... Aridjis is the most visionary poet in Latin America, no doubt about it... since I read his first poems in Exaltation of Light I embarked on a search for more translations into English. And now, this incredible anthology has finally been published, including translations from many important American and British poets...