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*Primera edicin bilinge* *First Bilingual Edition* Espejo de los detalles es el ltimo poemario del poeta chileno Jess Seplveda. Dividido en cuatro partes, el poemario se configura en torno a temas recurrentes en la poesa de Seplveda: un pasado marcado por la dictadura chilena y la represin poltica, la crisis civilizatoria y la urgencia ecolgica, la exploracin psiconutica por medio de ceremonias de ayahuasca y la emancipacin sensorial del cuerpo. Este libro es adems un viaje exploratorio de una subjetividad anrquica y rebelde que se desplaza desde la experiencia urbana, representada por ciudades icnicas como Nueva York y Pars, a la selva amaznica. Es, en cierto sentido, un viaje de liberacin que concluye con los ojos del ego mirando su propio delirio. Junto a esta imaginera tan personal, los versos de Seplveda se articulan con lucidez y precisin, complementando la artesana verbal con un tratamiento ldico de la forma. El amplio repertorio cultural de este libro tiene adems un aspecto metapotico que juega con la tradicin literaria a travs de claves que interpelan a un lector de poesa avisado. Espejo de los detalles no solo representa un desplazamiento geogrfico y psquico, sino tambin potico, permitiendo que el sujeto se invisibilice en el lenguaje para continuar su marcha ms all del tiempo y la muerte. Ilustrado por el pintor Ivo Vergara Lasnibat (alias Ivotopia) y traducido por Elmira Louie, este nuevo libro de Jess Seplveda ratifica a su autor como una de las principales voces poticas vivas del continente. Espejo de los detalles [Mirror of Details] is the latest poetry collection of Chilean poet Jess Seplveda. Divided in four parts, the collection is configured around themes recurrent in Seplveda's poetry: a past marked by the Chilean dictatorship and political repression; the crisis of civilization and ecological urgency; psychonautic exploration through ayahuasca ceremonies; and the sensorial emancipation of the body. This book is also the exploratory journey of an anarchic and rebellious subjectivity that goes from urban experience, represented by iconic cities like New York and Paris, toward the Amazon jungle. It is, indeed, a voyage of liberation that ends with the eyes of the ego gazing upon its own delusion. Along with this very personal imagery, Seplveda's lines are crafted with lucidity and precision, complementing his verbal artistry with a playful treatment of form. The wide cultural repertoire of this collection also has a metapoetic aspect: it plays with literary tradition through clues that challenge an informed poetry reader. Mirror of Details not only represents a geographical and psychic displacement, but also a poetic one, allowing the subject to become hidden in language and continue his walk beyond time and death. Illustrated by painter Ivo Vergara Lasnibat (aka Ivotopia) and translated by Elmira Louie, Jess Seplveda's new book confirms its author as one of Latin America's major contemporary poetic voices.
