The Complete Perfectionist: A Poetics of Work - Rilegato

Jimenez, Juan Ramon

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ISBN 10: 0385480229 ISBN 13: 9780385480222

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1997

Riassunto

Available for the first time in English, a guide on how to achieve perfection by the Nobel Prize-winning Spanish poet presents a series of lessons in the form of aphorisms that offer insight into work, love, and any perfection-worthy pursuit.

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Recensione:

"This is a gorgeous little book."
--Robert Bly

L'autore:

Juan Ram¾n JimŚnez (1881-1958), one of the greatest Spanish poets of the twentieth century, wrote innumerable books of lyrical verse, fine prose poems, aphorisms, and critical essays.  Juan Ram¾n lived in Madrid until the Spanish Civil War, and died in exile in Puerto Rico, after receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Christopher Maurer has written widely on Spanish literature, from Baltasar Gracißn (author of the New York Times bestsellers The Art of Worldly Wisdom and A Pocket Mirror for Heroes) to Federico GarcŻa Lorca.  He is chairman of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Vanderbilt University.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0385480229
• ISBN 13: 9780385480222
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 194
• Redattore: Maurer Christopher