Historias Y Poemas de Una Lucha de Clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle Dalton Roque
Historias Y Poemas de Una Lucha de Clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle Dalton Roque "The revolutionary the dictatorship couldn't kill, the trickster poet favored by the gods."--Ben…
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Historias Y Poemas de Una Lucha de Clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle Dalton Roque
"The revolutionary the dictatorship couldn't kill, the trickster poet favored by the gods."--Ben Ehrenreich, author of The Way to Spring: Life and Death in PalestinePoems of revolution by one of Latin America's most beloved poetsOne of Latin America's greatest poets, Roque Dalton was a revolutionary whose politics were inseparable from his art. In Historias y poemas de una lucha de clases / Stories and Poems of a Class Struggle, he explores oppression and resistance through the lens of five poetic personas, each with their own distinct voice. Born in El Salvador in 1935, Dalton dedicated his life to fighting for social justice, while writing fierce, tender poems about his country and its people.
These poems show a country caught in the crosshairs of American imperialism, where the few rule the many and the many struggle to survive--and yet there is joy and