Death to Silence is the first bilingual rendering of Emma Sepúlveda’s poetry. This anthology meditates on religious doubt and expresses an emphatic and brutal denouncement. Valiant and determined in pursuit of a transcendent linguistic perfection and in the attainment of poetic truth, Sepúlveda achieves the suitable language required—and admirable brevity—for discourse that communicates an existential and testimonial position of a poetic voice minimized by helplessness.
The terror and beauty that color this collection of powerfully spare and evocative poetry bear witness to the disquieting circumstances that inspired the poet, who fled Chile when the military junta led by Augusto Pinochet came to power in 1973.
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright page
- Contenido
- Parte I
- I Chose Not to Die
- Decidía no morirme
- You Cannot Listen in Death
- Ya no se oye en Ia muerte
- I Grew Accustomed
- Me había acostumbrado
- If Words Did Not Convey
- Y si las palabras no significaran
- To Carmen's Strength
- A Ia prisión de Carmen
- Mortal Fear of Death
- Miedo mortal a Ia muerte
- Alone, I Ask
- Me pregunto a sofas
- Rest and Peace Must Be Here
- El descanso y Ia paz aquí
- Parte II
- Secret Symphony
- Sinfonía secreta
- To Your Foolish Fantasy
- A tu infant if fantasía
- To the Child that Never Was
- AI hijo que nunca fue
- To Your Blind Eyes
- A tus ojos ciegos
- To the Galician Night
- A Ia noche de Galicia
- Sometimes at Night
- A veces en las noches
- The Contour of My Limits
- El contorno de mis límites
- Parte III
- No
- No
- Here Am I Now
- Aquí estoy yo ahora
- September II, 1973
- II de septiembre de 1973
- The Last Prayer of September
- El último rezo de septiembre
- From Then On
- Desde entonces
- Thinking Out Loud
- Pensando en voz alta
- Almighty Creation
- Creación todopoderosa
- The Mirror
- El espejo
- That Death
- Esa muerte
- Foreign Confinement
- Encierro extranjero
- From Now Until Chile
- Desde ahora hasta Chile
- The Snow of the North
- La nieve del norte
- lf l Renounce the Word
- Si renuncio a Ia palabra
- To My Dream Companions
- A mis compañeras de sueños
- After Many, Many Years
- Después de tantos y tantos años
- Justice After the War
- Justicia despues de Ia guerra
- He Told Me Stories
- Me contaba historias
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