Anti-Poetry: The Poems of Pala

Anti-Poetry: The Poems of Pala is a substantial collection of nearly 260 poems, selected from eleven of Pala's collections, including Poetry and Anti-Poetry, Salon, and After-Dinner Talks. This comprehensive collection showcases the creative philosophy and process of the "anti-poet" Pala. In this collection, Pala, with his playful, scathing language, uses colloquial language to criticize the rigidity of traditional poetry and the ills of modern society. He mocks the sun, the moon, the sea, rocks, religion, death, modernity, and even himself. His sharpness, humor, and sincerity impact the reader like a high-speed roller coaster.
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A Chilean poet, a pioneer of "anti-poetry," one of the greatest rebels in poetry history, a rising star who lived to be 103 years old, a great poet admired by Bolaño, a Chilean poet on par with Neruda, winner of the Cervantes Prize and the Chilean National Prize for Literature, and repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Parra's Poetry and Anti-Poetry is like delicious gold in the morning light or perfect fruit in the darkness. Reading this collection of poems will make us immersed in fresh air or brilliant stars.
—Pablo Neruda (Chilean poet)
Nicanor Parra's poetry will live on alongside that of Borges, Vallejo, Cernuda, and others.
—Roberto Bolaño (Chilean novelist and poet)
I consider Parra the greatest Spanish-language poet after Vallejo. I have always wanted to write like Parra, with that clarity, lucidity, and irony.
—Ricardo Piglia (Argentine writer, literary critic, and playwright)
"Poetry and Anti-Poetry" quickly propelled Parra to the forefront of Chilean poetry and sparked one of the most sensational literary rebellions in Chile, a country where poetry is as dizzying as wine.
—Mario Benedetti (Uruguayan poet and novelist)
After the "Modernists," poets still have the opportunity to become heroes like Baudelaire, such as Ginsberg, Bukowski, and Parra. I like Parra far more than Neruda. I prefer poetry itself to beautiful sentences. He is a brand-new poet who lived to be 103 years old because he always believed that poetry is freedom.
——Shen Haobo (poet)
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For half a century poetry has been the paradise of solemn fools.
Until I brought my roller coaster.
If you like, you can sit up.
Of course, I am not responsible if you get dizzy or bleeding after getting off the bus.
Nicanor Parra

2023-03-01

江苏凤凰文艺出版社

Motie Poetry Reading

608

9787559473530