Pre-Owned Promises Of Gold (Paperback) By José Olivarez, David Ruano

9781250878472. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 320. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. <p><b>"How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love--but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along--cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant."</b> <p/>In this groundbreaking collection of poems, Jos� Olivarez explores every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural. Grappling with the contradictions of the American Dream with unflinching humanity, he lays bare the ways in which "love is complicated by forces larger than our hearts." <p/>Whether readers enter this collection in English or via the Spanish translation by poet David Ruano Gonz�lez, these extraordinary poems are sure to become beloved for their illuminations of life--and love. <p/><b>"�Cu�ntas malas parejas han inspirado poemas? �Cu�ntos crush es? Sin faltarle el respeto al amor rom�ntico--pero �qu� hay de los amigos? Esos compas que est�n ah� todo el tiempo--anim�ndonos y record�ndonos que elamor es abundante".</b> <p/>En esta innovadora colecci�n de poemas, Jos� Olivarez explora cada tipo de amor--el propio, fraternal, rom�ntico, familiar, cultural. Lidiando con las contradicciones del sue�o americano, con una humanidad inquebrantable, deja al descubierto las maneras en que "el amor se va complicando por fuerzas m�s grandes que nuestros corazones". <p/>Ya sea que los lectores entren a esta colecci�n en ingl�s o a partir de la traducci�n al espa�ol del poeta David Ruano Gonz�lez, estos extraordinarios poemas ser�n amados seguramente por sus iluminaciones sobre el amor y la vida.</p>