Description
Road Map
Book Summary
Road Map is a poetic journey through memory, desire, and absence. Rodolfo Serrano traces a nocturnal route along forgotten paths in search of a beloved body, where every road becomes a metaphor for skin and recollection. The reader will find a work that explores the fragility of love and the persistence of traces, with lyrical and evocative language that invites introspection.
What is it about?
The poetry collection is structured as an emotional itinerary in which the author travels through the night in search of a beloved body. Roads forgotten by time are the setting for a quest that oscillates between oblivion and memory. Serrano delves into the geography of the skin, the women who have marked the route of memory, and the tension between what is lost and what remains. Each poem is a stop on this sentimental map, where the external landscape merges with the internal one.
Main Themes
- Love and the search for the other as a physical and spiritual experience.
- Memory as a territory where recollection and oblivion overlap.
- The nocturnal journey as a metaphor for introspection and desire.
- Skin and the body as maps that record the traces of the past.
- Loneliness and absence within the landscape of abandoned roads.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers of contemporary poetry interested in intimate and reflective lyricism. Especially suitable for those who enjoy works that explore affective memory, desire, and melancholy through powerful imagery and carefully crafted language. Also for followers of current Spanish poetry and authors who address the amorous experience from an existential perspective.
What this book offers
- An original poetic perspective on the relationship between physical travel and internal journeys.
- A lyrical style that combines simplicity with symbolic depth.
- A reflection on how love and loss shape our emotional geography.
- A reading experience that invites pauses and rereading.
Technical Sheet
- Author: Serrano, Rodolfo (1947-)
- Publisher: Huerga y Fierro Editores
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: POETRY, POETRY BY INDIVIDUAL POETS
- Collection: FENICE POESIA
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: June 2018
- Number of pages: 86
- Weight: 140 g
Editorial Review
Road Map offers restrained and suggestive poetry, in which the author demonstrates a mastery of language to evoke atmospheres of desire and absence. The work connects with the reader through everyday images elevated to a symbolic category, and its brevity (86 pages) makes it an intense and concentrated read. Recommended for those looking for a mature poetic voice that reflects on love from the distance of time and travel.