{"product_id":"draft-of-shadows-and-other-poems","title":"Draft of Shadows and Other Poems","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDraft of Shadows and Other Poems\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eOctavio Paz\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780811207386\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eNew Directions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1980\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e186\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Draft of Shadows and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is the most recent collection of the work of Mexico's leading poet and essayist, Octavio Paz. The first section of poems, from \u003cem\u003eLadera este\u003c\/em\u003e (East Slope, 1969), reflects some of Paz's experiences as his country's ambassador to India (1962-68). Following stays in England, France, and the United States, he returned to Mexico in 1971, reacting to the urban sprawl and violence of Mexico City with the four long poems of disaster and rage that, together with shorter poems more familiar in tone, make up \u003cem\u003eVuelta\u003c\/em\u003e (\"Return\u003cem\u003e,\"\u003c\/em\u003e 1976). A long meditation on the poet's childhood and adolescence, \u003cem\u003ePasado en claro\u003c\/em\u003e (\"A Draft of Shadows,\" 1975) forms the third section of this volume and represents a further departure from the self-contained surreal images many associate with Paz. This bilingual selection concludes with a sampling of his most recent lyrics, and the promise of further experimentation. Paz, winner in 1981 of both the Neustadt Prize and the Cervantes Award, stated in a recent interview: \"When I am writing a poem, it is to make something, an object or organism that will be whole and living, something that will have a life independent of me,\" and throughout this book the poet's abiding concern for language as a living force is revealed. For Paz, poetry is a way of reinventing the self, and appropriately, the reflective. \"A Draft of Shadows\" concludes: \"I am the shadow my words cast.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"New Directions","offers":[{"title":"Draft of Shadows and Other Poems | Octavio Paz | Paperback | 9780811207386 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1753393","offer_id":49001559425176,"sku":"1753393","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61YuMXirg1L.jpg?v=1778249074","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/draft-of-shadows-and-other-poems","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}