{"product_id":"adam-9781848617759","title":"Adam","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vicente Huidobro\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdán\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1916, is Huidobro's earliest mature work and his first attempt at free verse. While still full of rhetorical gestures from his previous symbolist (or \u003cem\u003emodernista\u003c\/em\u003e) style, heavily influenced by Rubén Darío, the book shows the author moving into very new territory, if at this stage not fully able to cast off his previous allegiances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is fair to say that the book would today be forgotten, were it not for the author's spectacular later career, but it retains some interest as a transitional volume, albeit not as much as that demonstrated by \u003cem\u003eEl espejo de agua\u003c\/em\u003e (The Water Mirror), also first published in 1916, but written after \u003cem\u003eAdam\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eAdam\u003c\/em\u003e is a young man's book, embarrassingly so at times, as the author proudly sets out his stall, but it represents a major leap forward. With his claim to Emersonian influence, his dismissal of traditional Hispanophone poetry in the Preface, and that typically outrageous tone-one we will meet many times in his later works, where he shouts from the rooftops, \"Look at me!\", and lays into his perceived enemies-it's hard to ignore the fact that Huidobro was all of 21 when he began this poem. The sins of youth, indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shearsman Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413314461847,"sku":"9781848617759","price":1237.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781848617759.webp?v=1767919162","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/adam-9781848617759","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}