The Black Heralds
Originally published in Peru in 1919 before the poet fled to Europe to avoid incarceration, this collection of poems is the first from a man who would become a significant voice of Latin American poetry. César Vallejo's work reveals a mystical and social vision that penetrates the deepest recesses of the human spirit and consciousness, and is influenced by the many experiences he had in his relatively short life of 49 years, including time in jail, the alienation of exile, poverty,...
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Vallejo radically and fundamentally challenges the canon of Western culture as no other Latin American writer.
Cesar Vallejo : The Thread of Indigenous BloodThe Black Heralds3Sacred Defoliation7Communion9Nervous Fit of Anguish11Gunwales of Ice13Christmas Eve15Embers17Midlight19Willow21Absent23Ostrich25Under the Poplars27The Spider31Babel33Pilgrimage35The Narrow Theater Box37.........?41The Poet to His Beloved43Summer45September47Dregs49Godless woman51The Black Cup53Untimely Time55Fresco57Chalk59Imperial Nostalgias63Leaves of Ebony69Autochthonic Tercet73Prayer of the Road77Huaco79May81Rustic85Dead Idyll89In the Greek Tents93Agape95Voice of the Mirror97White Rose99Win a Thousand101Our Bread103Absolute107Capitulation109Nude in Clay111Lines113Forbidden Love115The Miserable Supper117For the Impossible Soul of My Beloved119Eternal Bridal Bed121The Stones123Retablo125Pagan Woman127The Eternal Dice129Weary Circles131Lives of the Saints133Rain135Love137God139Unity141Mule Drivers143The Adjustment of Fever147Distant Footsteps149To My Brother Miguel151Januaraeneid153Exegesis157Notes and Original Versions161About the Author187About the Translator195Index of Spanish Titles197
