Poesía reunida / Dark Times Filled with Light
Poetry , 2012
Seix Barral
Pages: 1328
“Perhaps the most admirable element of Gelman’s poetry is the unthinkable tenderness he shows . . . calling upon so many shadows for one voice to lull and comfort, a permanent caress of words on unknown tombs.”—Julio Cortázar
Dark Times Filled with Light traces the evolution of a gifted lyrical poet’s encounter with the political, when the poet’s son and daughter-in-law become “disappeared” by the Argentinian government, and the poet must write from both a literal and metaphysical exile.
“There are losses,” says Gelman in a moving understatement. “The important thing is how returning to them transforms them into something new.”
“Gelman’s poetry is epic in its scope—no corner of life goes unnoticed in this work. . . . Rendered in a breathless style, this is the diary of a human heart in a rough world where artistry is the first salvation.” —Oscar Hijuelos