Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria

Book Summary

Phantasmagoria is a poetic work that explores the construction of the subject through memory and absence. Sara Torres presents a virtual body that traverses a landscape of dunes, accompanied by the traces of what is no longer there: gestures, spaces, and lovers. The book intertwines the theatrical, the narrative, and the poetic to show how a voice incorporates all its absences, from abundance and excess to the fragmentation of language. An inquiry into desire and loss that examines the pain of the isolated body and the functioning of the mind in remembrance.

What is it about?

The work follows a virtual body that crosses a landscape of dunes in total solitude, yet walking accompanied by the images of what no longer exists. Its "phantasmagoria" is the living trace of memories that exceed the being that guards them: gestures, spaces, lovers. Through this exploration, Sara Torres delves into desire and loss, showing how the subject is constructed by remembering what they once loved and is no longer present. The author interweaves the theatrical, the narrative, and the poetic to embody a voice that incorporates within itself all its absences, from abundance and excess to the fragmentation of language, exploring the pain of the isolated body and the functioning of the mind in remembrance.

Main themes

• Memory as the construction of the subject: how the recollection of the absent defines identity.
• Desire and loss: the tension between what is loved and what is no longer present.
• The isolated body and its relationship with space: solitude and the virtuality of being.
• The fragmentation of language as a reflection of emotional experience.
• Theatricality and the narrative in poetry: hybridization of genres to express absence.

Who is it recommended for?

This book is recommended for readers interested in contemporary poetry that explores identity, memory, and grief. It is ideal for those seeking a work that combines the lyrical with the narrative and the theatrical, and that addresses the experience of desire and loss from an introspective and fragmentary perspective. It will also appeal to those who value formal experimentation and poetic language as a tool to inquire into subjectivity.

What this book contributes

• A deep exploration of how memory and absence shape the subject's identity.
• A poetic experience that hybridizes genres (theater, narrative, poetry) to express emotional complexity.
• A reflection on desire and loss from abundance and excess, not from lack.
• An approach to the pain of the isolated body and the functioning of the mind in remembrance.
• A fragmented language that reflects the tension between what was and what is no longer.

Technical specifications

• Author: TORRES, SARA
• Publisher: LA BELLA VARSOVIA
• Language: Spanish
• Subject: POETRY, INDIVIDUAL POETS' POETRY
• Collection: POETRY
• Binding: Paperback
• Publication date: January 2019
• Number of pages: 104
• Weight: 159 g

Editorial review

Phantasmagoria is a poetic proposal that stands out for its capacity to integrate memory, desire, and loss into a fragmented and theatrical language. Sara Torres offers a work that not only delves into the experience of grief and absence but also reflects on how the subject is constructed based on what is no longer there. Its hybridization of genres and its focus on the virtuality of the body make it a relevant read for those seeking contemporary poetry that explores subjectivity from an innovative and emotionally intense perspective.