Description
THE ANGEL OF THE HOUSE
Book Summary
In The Angel of the House, Rosa Silverio offers an intense and disturbing poetic work that explores the pain of a female subject trapped between lost love and mental illness. With a lyrical voice torn between hospital and domestic confinement, the author constructs a sequence of original images that update the trope of Eros and Thanatos. This collection of poems is situated within the tradition of female writing on suffering, offering a raw and sincere look at the impossibility of finding relief—neither in feelings nor in medication—and the constant temptation of death as an escape route.
What is it about?
The collection is structured around the experience of a female poetic voice that has lost the love that, in the author's previous works, served as salvation from madness. The book proposes a journey through inner suffering, where the fire of emotion burns from within without medication providing solace. The protagonist finds herself trapped in confined spaces—the hospital or the home—submerged in an emotional paralysis that leaves her unable to react. This situation leads her to reflect on death, presented as a surprising and modern variation of the classic link between Eros and Thanatos. Through disturbing and original images, Rosa Silverio gives form to the pain of a woman dealing with loss and helplessness.
Main themes
- Lost love as a trigger for psychological suffering.
- Mental illness and the ineffectiveness of pharmacological treatment.
- Physical and emotional confinement, both in the domestic and hospital spheres.
- Death as a horizon of thought and a variation of the Eros and Thanatos trope.
- Female writing of pain and the poetic tradition of authors who have addressed the subject.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers of contemporary poetry interested in the exploration of female subjectivity and emotional suffering. It is especially relevant for those seeking a work that addresses mental illness, heartbreak, and the experience of confinement from a raw and sincere lyrical perspective. It will also be of interest to scholars of poetry written by women and to those who appreciate disturbing and original poetic imagery.
What this book contributes
- A modern and bold poetic vision of the link between love and death.
- An honest, unsweetened representation of the struggle against mental illness.
- Original lyrical images that transform pain into aesthetic experience.
- A significant contribution to the tradition of female poetry on suffering.
- A reading that invites reflection on confinement and emotional paralysis.
Technical specifications
- Author: Rosa Silverio
- Publisher: Huerga y Fierro Editores
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Poetry by individual poets
- Collection: Graffiti
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: June 2023
- Number of pages: 78
- Weight: 271 g
Editorial Review
The Angel of the House is presented as a coherent poetic proposal within Rosa Silverio's body of work, delving into female pain from a lyrical perspective that does not shy away from the disturbing. The work connects with a tradition of writing by authors who have addressed suffering, but it does so with its own unique and modern language and imagery. Its brevity (78 pages) makes it an intense and concentrated read, ideal for those seeking a poetic experience that emotionally challenges the reader. It may especially interest readers who value poetry as a vehicle for exploring the darkest areas of human experience.