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Available for the first time in English, "The Bridges" by Fayad Jamís (1930-1988) is unanimously considered one of Cuban poetry's most stunning and engaging books. The collection, written in Paris in between 1956 and 1957, and published in Havana in 1962, offers a brilliant representation of the intellectual and his position before colonialism by one of the great Cuban artists of the twentieth century.
List of contents
The Bridges (toward Decolonization) of Fayad Jamis Wind's Beer / La cerveza del viento La cerveza del viento Wind's Beer Relaciones Relations Instantes Instants Palabras Words Manana Tomorrow Vagabundo del alba Dawn Drifter Cucu Cuckoo Por una bufanda perdida For a Lost Scarf Noche sencillamente Night Simply La silla The Chair Cuando When Nada Nothing Esta manana This Morning El recibo The Receipt Algo Something No conozco I Do Not Know Ahora Now Sobre un verso de Esenin On a Verse by Esenin Historia de ceniza History of Ash En el vidrio In the Glass Cuento arabe para Mariannik Arabian Tale for Mariannik Cielo de arena Sand Sky 6 P. M. 6 p.m. Aquel que no habia dormido The Man who Hadn't Slept Charlot y la luna The Tramp and the Moon Sky's Misery / La miseria del cielo El angelus del alba Dawn Angelus Sin perchero Without a Clothes Hanger El que va hablando solo The Man who Goes Around Talking to Himself 22 rue Delambre 22 Rue Delambre La miseria del cielo Sky's Misery Noticias (i) News (i) Noticias (ii) News (ii) El zumbido The Buzz Las raices Roots Nieve (i) Snow (i) Nieve (ii) Snow (ii) Las flechas Arrows Hielo Ice Outside the Law / Fuera de la ley En un barquito de papel In a Tiny Paper Boat La rue Guillaume Apollinaire La Rue Guillaume Apollinaire A la orilla del rio At the Riverside Octubre October La Via Lactea cae The Milky Way Falls Reloj de agua Water Clock El ahorcado del Cafe Bonaparte Cafe Bonaparte's Hanged Man Lamento del joven soldado Jean-Pierre Lepetit en los desiertos de Argelia Lament of the Young Soldier Jean-Pierre LePetit in the Algerian Deserts Lentitud del domingo Sunday Slowness La antigua luz The Ancient Light Reunion Meeting El hombre que tose y estornuda The Man who Coughs and Sneezes Sucesos callejeros Street Happenings Cancion del verdugo Executioner's Song El sol va a caer The Sun Will Set Magia del verano Summer Magic
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Fayad Jamis (Ojocaliente, Mexico, 1930-Havana, 1988) is one of the most significant contemporary Cuban poets. He was also a notable visual artist, editor, and cultural journalist. Selections of his poems have been translated to more than twenty languages. Available for the first time in English, The Bridges is unanimously considered one of Cuban poetry's most stunning and engaging books.
Summary
The Bridges by Fayad Jamís (1930-1988) is unanimously considered one of Cuban poetry’s most stunning and engaging books. The collection offers a brilliant representation of the intellectual and his position before colonialism by one of the great Cuban artists of the twentieth century.
