Gipsy Ballads-Romancero Gitano by Michael Hartnett/Federico Garcia Lorca

Description

Title

Gipsy Ballads-Romancero Gitano

Publisher

Goldsmith Press, Dublin

Publication Date

1973

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine hardback first edition with green cloth covered boards; gilt titles to spine. Green endpapers. Initial and terminal blanks, plus half-title present. Portrait illustration (courtesy of Edward McGuire). Romancero Gitano [often translated into English as Gypsy Ballads] is a poetry collection by Spanish writer Federico García Lorca. First published in 1928, it is composed of eighteen romances with subjects like the night, death, the sky, and the moon. All of the poems deal with the Romani people and their culture, but only as a theme used to carry the larger message that the poet was trying to convey. Michael Hartnett’s translation is now considered to be one of his finest achievements. Rare Collector’s Item.