Description
I SEE AN ALMOND ROD. I SEE A BOILING POT
Book Summary
Angélica Liddell, one of the most radical and lucid voices of the contemporary stage, offers in this volume a poetic experience that travels between confession and blasphemy. The reader will find a work that delves into the fragility of the body, the memory of violence, and the need for a language that can name the unspeakable. With fragmented prose and visceral imagery, Liddell constructs a space where poetry becomes the only possible refuge against pain and injustice.
What is it about?
The book is structured around two biblical visions that serve as symbolic axes: the almond rod, which announces divine vigilance, and the boiling pot, which represents the imminence of disaster. From these images, Angélica Liddell develops a poetic reflection on death, impossible love, and artistic creation as an act of resistance. The author weaves her most intimate biography with references to literary and mystical traditions, creating a text that oscillates between elegy, prayer, and invective. The work reads as a long, unitary poem where each fragment is an open wound seeking its own way of healing.
Main themes
- Poetry as an exorcism of pain and traumatic memory
- The tension between the sacred and the profane in human experience
- The body as a territory of violence and redemption
- Artistic creation in the face of imminent catastrophe
- Love as an impossibility and a condemnation
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in high-voltage contemporary poetry, followers of Angélica Liddell's work in any of her artistic disciplines, and those seeking literature that does not shy away from the darkest areas of existence. It will also be of interest to scholars of current Spanish poetry who wish to explore proposals that challenge the boundaries of the lyrical genre.
What this book contributes
- An intense poetic experience that confronts the reader with essential questions about life and death
- Access to the literary voice of a fundamental creator of the contemporary scene, beyond her theatrical facet
- A reflection on language and its limits in expressing suffering and beauty
- A text that functions as a unified work, with a precise and coherent symbolic architecture
Technical specifications
- Author: LIDDELL, ANGELICA
- Publisher: EDICIONES LA UÑA ROTA
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: POETRY, POETRY BY INDIVIDUAL POETS
- Collection: LIBROS INUTILES
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: April 2021
- Number of pages: 288
- Weight: 354 g
Editorial review
I SEE AN ALMOND ROD. I SEE A BOILING POT presents itself as an essential work for those who follow Angélica Liddell's trajectory, as well as for readers seeking poetry that is not content with the decorative. Its publication in the Libros Inútiles collection by La uÑa RoTa reinforces the marginal and necessary character of this proposal. It is a book that demands a committed reading, but rewards with a lyrical density and thematic coherence rare in the current landscape.