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A review by jandi
Canciones. Federico García Lorca by Federico García Lorca
4.0
* Thanks to Papercutz, NBM Publishing and Netgalley for an advance copy for review purposes *
What a beautiful book! I wish I had a paper copy.
I am a native Spanish speaker and have watched several performances of Lorca's [b:Bodas de sangre|77903|Bodas de sangre|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386923336l/77903._SY75_.jpg|376778] and the chilling [b:La casa de Bernarda Alba|22995|La casa de Bernarda Alba|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328758570l/22995._SY75_.jpg|1144595]. I am also a flamenco dancer, and am familiar with some of his poems as lyrics of flamenco songs - e.g. "El Café de Chinitas".
I am thrilled at this stunning book to make Lorca's poems more accessible to English speakers. The text comes in both English and Spanish, so it would also be ideal for people learning Spanish.
Lorca's poems are short, so you could read this in 10 minutes. But why would you, when you can spend hours savouring the gorgeous, surreal Dali and Miro inspired art.
The one drawback is that the orange color used for half of the text blended too much into the art, and I ended up honing on the blue text, regardless of the language. I guess there are benefits to being bilingual. Reading the poems out load (specially in Spanish) really lets you enjoy the lyricism of Lorca's words.
Lorca's words are meant to be heard, so I leave you with a song by Enrique Morente, with lyrics from Lorca's [b:Yerma|77920|Yerma|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316734728l/77920._SY75_.jpg|1853986]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6m39PKk0M
And a dance performance of "El Café de Chinitas" with no music, for full appreciation of the musicality of Lorca's words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xw1_qHgJRY
What a beautiful book! I wish I had a paper copy.
I am a native Spanish speaker and have watched several performances of Lorca's [b:Bodas de sangre|77903|Bodas de sangre|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386923336l/77903._SY75_.jpg|376778] and the chilling [b:La casa de Bernarda Alba|22995|La casa de Bernarda Alba|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328758570l/22995._SY75_.jpg|1144595]. I am also a flamenco dancer, and am familiar with some of his poems as lyrics of flamenco songs - e.g. "El Café de Chinitas".
I am thrilled at this stunning book to make Lorca's poems more accessible to English speakers. The text comes in both English and Spanish, so it would also be ideal for people learning Spanish.
Lorca's poems are short, so you could read this in 10 minutes. But why would you, when you can spend hours savouring the gorgeous, surreal Dali and Miro inspired art.
The one drawback is that the orange color used for half of the text blended too much into the art, and I ended up honing on the blue text, regardless of the language. I guess there are benefits to being bilingual. Reading the poems out load (specially in Spanish) really lets you enjoy the lyricism of Lorca's words.
Lorca's words are meant to be heard, so I leave you with a song by Enrique Morente, with lyrics from Lorca's [b:Yerma|77920|Yerma|Federico García Lorca|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316734728l/77920._SY75_.jpg|1853986]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6m39PKk0M
And a dance performance of "El Café de Chinitas" with no music, for full appreciation of the musicality of Lorca's words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xw1_qHgJRY