{"product_id":"poem-of-the-deep-song","title":"Poem of the Deep Song","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePoem of the Deep Song\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eFederico García Lorca\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780872862050\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCity Lights Publishers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eSpanish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eLater Printing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e144\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe magic of Andalusia is crystallized in Federico Garcia Lorca's first major work, \u003cem\u003ePoem of the Deep Song\u003c\/em\u003e, written in 1921 when the poet was twenty-three years old, and published a decade later. In this group of poems, based on \u003cem\u003esaetas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003esoleares\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003esiguiriyas\u003c\/em\u003e, Lorca captures the passionate flamenco cosmos of Andalusia's Gypsies, \"those mysterious wandering folk who gave deep song its definitive form.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCante jondo\u003c\/em\u003e, deep song, comes from a musical tradition that developed among peoples who fled into the mountains in the 15th century to escape the Spanish Inquisition. With roots in Arabic instruments, Sephardic ritual, Byzantine liturgy, native folk songs and, above all, the rhythms of Gypsy life, deep song is characterized by intense and profound emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFearing that the priceless heritage of deep song might vanish from Spain, Lorca, along with Manuel de Falla and other young artists, hoped to preserve \"the artistic treasure of an entire race.\" In \u003cem\u003ePoem of the Deep Song\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet's own lyric genius gives \u003cem\u003ecante jondo\u003c\/em\u003e a special kind of immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"City Lights Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Poem of the Deep Song | Federico García Lorca | Paperback | 9780872862050 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1782793","offer_id":50532307861656,"sku":"1782793","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71N2lrqwbJL.jpg?v=1790353051","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/poem-of-the-deep-song","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}