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"Sun Stone" ("Piedra de sol") is a long poem by the Mexican writer Octavio Paz, published in 1957. The poem is composed of 584 hendecasyllabic lines, a structure that corresponds to the 584-day cycle of the planet Venus in the Aztec calendar. It is noted for its circular structure, lacking a distinc...
The Collected Poems 1957-1987 is an English-language edition of Mexican poet Octavio Paz's work from those three decades, edited and translated by Eliot Weinberger. Published in 1987 by New Directions, it draws from Paz's major poetic phases, including the surrealist-influenced poems of Ladera este...
A Draft of Shadows is a 1980 collection of poetry by the Mexican Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, translated into English by Eliot Weinberger. Published by New Directions, the volume presents a selection of Paz's work spanning several decades, including philosophical meditations on identity, time, and la...
