Contributions

  • O'Dwyer, Tess. - Contributor

Publication

1994 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

54,750 words, Guess

Page Count

219 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing1353391

Classifications

  • DDC863
  • LCCPQ7440.B67 I6613 1994

Description

"In the Hispanic American classic Empire of Dreams, Giannina Braschi calls for a revolution in poetry--a revolution against the Latin American Boom. New York City becomes the site of liberation for its marginal characters who seek to experience the center of power, of meaning, of feeling, and of personal identity. Clowns, buffoons, shepherds, magicians, and madmen perform their fantasies in the city streets. In a climatic episode of a pastoral revolution, shepherds take over the top floor of the Empire State Building, where they dance and sing, 'Now we do whatever we please! 'Now we do whatever we please! Whatever we damn well please!"--P. [4] of cover.

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Other Editions

  • Empire of dreamsYale University Press1994-01-01

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