"Por nuestra cultura hablarán nuestros libros. Our books shall speak for our culture."
Words of Power: Adages, Axioms and Aphorisms. By Ramón del Valle-Inclán. Translated with commentary by Robert Lima. ISBN 978-1484876022. $20.95.
Words of Power collects the ingenious adages, axioms and aphorisms culled from Ramón del Valle-Inclán’s plays, novels, poems, stories, interviews, letters and aesthetic treatises. Valle-Inclán lived a full and social life in which he interacted and influenced many writers, painters and composers of his period through his verbal and written wisdom. His insights into life and Art are gathered in Words of Power, together with illustrations of the man and his works. These have been collected and translated by the internationally-known writer, Robert Lima.
Hispanic literary criticism, Hispanic Adages, Axioms and Aphorisms, Hispanic literature, Cuban American literature, Hispanic literature, Latino literary criticism, Spanish prose