{"product_id":"9788494665233","title":"WE WERE DEAD AND COULD BREATHE","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWE WERE DEAD AND WE COULD BREATHE\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Adalber Salas Hernández delves into the poetry of Paul Celan to explore the paradoxical relationship between writing and disappearance. The author analyzes how the poetic word can emerge from emptiness and absence, becoming an act of resistance and testimony. A profound essay that invites reflection on the limits of language and the capacity of poetry to name the unspeakable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book examines the work of the poet Paul Celan, a Holocaust survivor whose writing is characterized by a constant tension between the need to speak and the impossibility of doing so. Salas Hernández analyzes how Celan transforms the experience of trauma and death into poetry that, paradoxically, breathes from within death itself. Through a detailed study, the author unravels the literary mechanisms that allow Celan to construct a language that sustains itself upon silence and absence, offering a renewed reading of his legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePoetry as a testimony to horror and historical memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe relationship between writing, disappearance, and resistance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage at the limit of the unspeakable and silence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe work of Paul Celan as a paradigm of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe poetic act as a form of breathing amidst death.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis essay is aimed at readers interested in contemporary poetry, literary theory, and studies on memory and trauma. It is especially relevant for those who wish to delve into the work of Paul Celan, as well as for students and academics of literature, philosophy, and the humanities seeking a rigorous reflection on the limits of language and poetic creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book offers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA detailed and original analysis of the poetics of Paul Celan, one of the most influential poets of the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA profound reflection on the power of the word to confront the experience of horror and disappearance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eKeys to understanding how poetry can articulate silence and absence as constructive elements.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA critical perspective that connects Celan's work with current debates on memory, testimony, and representation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Salas Hernández, Adalber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Huerga y Fierro Editores\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary essays, literary studies: poetry and poets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 295 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe Were Dead and We Could Breathe is presented as an essential work for those seeking to understand the complexity of Paul Celan's poetry. Adalber Salas Hernández achieves a rigorous and accessible essay that illuminates key aspects of Celanian writing, offering the reader tools to enter one of the most challenging and significant poetic universes of the 20th century. His approach, centered on the paradox of writing from disappearance, makes it a valuable read for both specialists and enthusiasts of poetry and contemporary thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUERGA Y FIERRO EDITORES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53409979564379,"sku":"9788494665233","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978849466523.jpg?v=1781899069","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788494665233","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}