by Alfonsina Storni
Alfonsina Storni’s final 1938 collection of poetry with a brief preface by the author. Spanish with facing-page English translations. Translator’s introduction and annotation via endnotes in English.
Storni (1892-1932) is considered one of the preeminent voices in Latin American poetry of the twentieth century. In 1935 Storni was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer. Though she was surely haunted by the specter of death, Storni galvanized the discipline and will to complete her last book of poems Mascarilla y Trebol (Mask and Clover), which many critics judge to be her crowning achievement. It was published shortly before her suicide.
