tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3436888166953468214..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: And I, lyric poet, mocked Faun, stood there watching the large alabaster birds seemingly making fun of me - Rubén Darío's storiesAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-92140009459509662492012-08-01T10:36:52.639-05:002012-08-01T10:36:52.639-05:00I'm doing Darío an injustice by presenting the...I'm doing Darío an injustice by presenting the prose in English alone, although Appelbaum's trots of the stories certainly work better on their own than the translations of the poems.<br /><br />In either case, the Dover book includes the Spanish, of the stories as well as the poems, and is therefore a valuable book.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30652485458479777592012-08-01T10:29:34.288-05:002012-08-01T10:29:34.288-05:00The light touch + the aesthetic playfulness (the p...The light touch + the aesthetic playfulness (the play with colors, for example) seem typical of Darío's prose, but it's been a while since I took on any of his poetry. Your posts have made me regret that lapse.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com