{"product_id":"in-the-fire-of-time-midori-adelaida-valle-juarez-9780998235509","title":"In the fire of time","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work inaugurates a series of individual books of poetry in bilingual editions, written by Mexican and American authors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaría Ángeles Juárez Téllez is a daughter of the natural heart of México, where volcanoes and lava forged valleys of stone and ashes where the people of Michoacán have raised lavish orchards of citrus and avocados for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the fire of time\u003c\/i\u003e rescues from the entrails of her body and mind the flames that have tattooed the author inside and out: the adult world of her childhood, the neverending concerns of love and heartbreak, the instinctive and sometimes futile attempt to grasp her daughter, a mockingbird with the voice of her mother, the gush of light of the Michoacán landscape, the metaphor of life that trains are, and a heretical view of the New Testament.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHers is a full-bodied voice with a particular aesthetic that is born of her continuous study of language. This conveys beauty to each page, with the poet's pacing, a clock-like mechanism that makes each poem work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHerein, we are unpretentiously made privy to her extensive readings and her assimilation of the work of great writers, such as López Velarde's national vision and the mourning luminosities of Villaurrutia; the mystique of the God-fearing John of the Cross; or the fervent poetry of Concha Urquiza.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn several of her poems, especially toward the end of the book, the author leads us through parables and biblical passages, testing our faith in the Scriptures, stripping or providing them with the sacred at will, impersonating herself in creative goddess form.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is not that María Ángeles Juárez plays in her verses with some tainted practices of her religion, but that by knowing the power of its ritual symbols and invocations, she is able to transmute men into flesh angels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaría Ángeles Juárez drinks from many literary streams in a natural and fertile way. Her voice is clear, strong, beautiful and mature. She leaves in her wake many crackling traces-metaphors and verses of fire. They are evidence that shows us where we must look to find her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Midori Adelaida Valle Juarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998235504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998235509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Darklight Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Midori Adelaida Valle Juarez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441626099967,"sku":"9780998235509","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3d4cb7b-de3d-44f1-bde5-8b5e861550b6.jpg?v=1777192091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-fire-of-time-midori-adelaida-valle-juarez-9780998235509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}