An epic masterpiece of world literature, in a magnificent new translation by one of the most acclaimed translators of our time.
A towering figure of the Renaissance, Luis de G籀ngora pioneered poetic forms so radically different from the dominant aesthetic of his time that he was derided as ��he Prince of Darkness.��The Solitudes, his magnum opus, is an intoxicatingly lush novel-in-verse that follows the wanderings of a shipwrecked man who has been spurned by his lover. Wrenched from civilization and its attendant madness, the desolate hero is transported into a natural world that is at once menacing and sublime.
In this stunning edition, Edith Grossman, our most celebrated translator from Spanish,�captures the breathtaking beauty of a work that represents one of the high points of poetic achievement in any language.