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Pillar of Salt
Salvador Novo
其他書名
An Autobiography, with 19 Erotic Sonnets
出版
Univ of TX + ORM
, 2014-03-07
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Hispanic & Latino
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / LGBTQ
History / Latin America / Mexico
ISBN
0292760590
9780292760592
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=t-zUEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
EBook
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註釋
The renowned writer describes coming of age during the violent Mexican Revolution and living as an openly homosexual man in a brutally machista society.
Salvador Novo (1904–1974) was a provocative and prolific cultural presence in Mexico City through much of the twentieth century. With his friend and fellow poet Xavier Villaurrutia, he cofounded
Ulises
and
Contemporáneos
, landmark avant-garde journals of the late 1920s and 1930s. At once “outsider” and “insider,” Novo held high posts at the Ministries of Culture and Public Education and wrote volumes about Mexican history, politics, literature, and culture. The author of numerous collections of poems, including
XX poemas
,
Nuevo amor
,
Espejo
,
Dueño mío
, and
Poesía
1915–1955
, Novo is also considered one of the finest, most original prose stylists of his generation.
Pillar of Salt
is Novo’s incomparable memoir of growing up during and after the Mexican Revolution; shuttling north to escape the Zapatistas, only to see his uncle murdered at home by the troops of Pancho Villa; and his initiations into literature and love with colorful, poignant, complicated men of usually mutually exclusive social classes.
Pillar of Salt
portrays the codes, intrigues, and dynamics of what, decades later, would be called “a gay ghetto.” But in Novo’s Mexico City, there was no name for this parallel universe, as full of fear as it was canny and vibrant. Novo’s memoir plumbs the intricate subtleties of this world with startling frankness, sensitivity, and potential for hilarity. Also included in this volume are nineteen erotic sonnets, one of which was long thought to have been lost.