Synopses & Reviews
For the centennial of Swann's Way: the most complete volume of Proust's poetry ever assembled, in a gorgeous deluxe edition As a young man, Proust wrote both poetry and prose. Even after he embarked on his masterful
In Search of Lost Time at the age of thirty-eight, he never stopped writing poetry. His verse is often playful, filled with affection and satire, and is peppered with witty barbs at friends and people in his social circle of aristocrats, writers, musicians, and courtesans. Few of the poems collected here under the editorship of Harold Augenbraum, founder of the Proust Society of America, have ever been published in book form or translated into English until now. In this dual-language edition of new translations, Augenbraum has brought together nineteen renowned poets and poetry translators to bring Proust's exuberant verse back to life.
Review
"A beautiful new translation... Rizal's rich, moving novel...[is] perhaps the most important novel in Philippine literature." —
Jessica Hagedorn
Review
"No doubt
anyone with an interest in Marcel Proust will be grateful for Penguin's new dual language edition of The Collected Poems, incisively edited by Harold Augenbraum and drawing on the work of 20 translators. But devotees of David Foster Wallace, Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Jean Rhys -- even Kenneth Burke -- will also be enthralled: if an infinite book has no beginning or end, then surely this is one. Augenbraum's introduction and
hugely entertaining notes help make the volume at least three books, really. Palimpsest or holographic to the poems, Augenbraum's given us a biography of Proust as well as an
engrossing cultural history, a cubist portrait of the writer's milieu and his most intimate friendships. [ ...] All along the book has been a network of boulevards and gardens, cross streets and alleys, and we are flaneurs, flaneuses, wandering once more through Proust's youth, roaming through the middle of the text again, and
we find there much worth discovering, much worth remembering."
—John Hennessey, Huffington Post
Synopsis
In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience—and martyr—for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.
- This new translation includes an extensive introduction and notes that draw on a wealth of Rizal scholarship
- This is the first work of Filipino literature to be published in Penguin Classics
Synopsis
The great novel of the Philippines
In more than a century since its appearance, Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience and martyr for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators."
Synopsis
In more than a century since its appearance, Jos Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience--and martyr--for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.
About the Author
José Rizal (1861–1896) is known as the hero of the Philippines and the greatest champion of Filipino nationalism and independence. He angered the Spanish authorities with Noli Me Tangere and its sequel and was executed.
Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition.
Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition.
Harold Augenbraum is executive director of the National Book Foundation. He is the translator of the Penguin Classics edition of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca's Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition.
Table of Contents
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) Introduction by Harold Augenbraum
A Note on the Translation
Suggestions for Further Reading
Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)
To My Country
1. A Gathering
2. Crisostomo Ibarra
3. Dinner
4. Heretic and Subversive
5. A Star in the Dark Night
6. Captain Tiago
7. Idyll on a Terrace
8. Memories
9. National Affairs
10. The Village
11. Sovereignty
12. All Saints
13. The Storm Brews
14. Tasio, Madman or Philosopher
15. The Sextons
16. Sisa
17. Basilio
18. Souls in Torment
19. Adventures of a Schoolmaster
20. The Meeting at City Hall
21. A Mother's Tale
22. Light and Shadow
23. A Fishing Expedition
24. In the Forest
25. At the Philosopher's House
26. Festival Eve
27. At Nightfall
28. Correspondences
29. Morning
30. In the Church
31. The Sermon
32. The Crane
33. Freedom of Thought
34. The Banquet
35. Comments
36. The First Cloud
37. His Excellency
38. The Procession
39. Doña Consolacion
40. Right and Might
41. Two Visitors
42. The de Espadañas
43. Plans
44. An Examination of Conscience
45. The Persecuted
46. The Cockpit
47. Two Ladies
48. An Enigma
49. Voice of the Persecuted
50. Elias's Family
51. Changes
52. The Card of the Dead and the Shadows
53. Il buon di si conosce da mattina
54. Quid quid latet
55. Catastrophe
56. What Is Said and What Is Believed
57. Vae victus!
58. The Accused
59. Homeland and Interests
60. Maria Clara Weds
61. Pursuit on the Lake
62. Father Damaso Explains Himself
63. Christmas Eve
Epilogue
Appendix: Elias and Salome
Notes