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1	The Collected Poems of Octavio Paz, 1957-1987 more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Editor), Elizabeth Bishop (Translator) A massive bilingual volume representing the complete poems of Mexico's leading poet. It also includes a useful appendix of notes by Paz himself. The translations have been done by a variety of well-known poets and other writers, including Elizabeth Bishop, Mark Strand, Denise Levertov, John Frederick Nims, and Eliot Weinberger. see all copies from $14.94! new only from $15.60! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Borges: Selected Non-Fictions: Volume 3 more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger (Editor), Esther Allen (Translator) This unique volume presents a Borges almost entirely unknown to American readers: his extraordinary non-fiction prose. Borges' unlimited curiosity and almost superhuman erudition become, in his essays, reviews, lectures, and political and cultural notes. see all copies from $8.42! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem is Translated more books like this by Eliot Weinberger, Octavio Paz (Photographer) Nineteen different translations of a single poem with comments on each version by Eliot Weinberger and introduction contributed by Octavio Paz. see all copies from $5.25! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Seven Nights more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) These essays were originally given as lectures in Buenos Aires by the blind Jorge Luis Borges, in 1977. He delivered them entirely from memory, including their copious quotations, and they were transcribed by others. Borges's topics include Dante, Buddhism, nightmares, and (the last lecture) blindness. This brief volume encapsulates everything ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Selected Nonfictions: Volume 1 more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger (Abridged by), Andrew Hurley (Translator) Possessor of one of the 20th Century's most fecund--and intelligent--imaginations, Jorge Luis Borges wrote on virtually everything, and in almost every conceivable form, reflecting the encyclopedic knowledge he acquired through both a rigorous education and his career as a librarian. In honor of his centennial, this three-volume edition of his ... see all copies from $13.95! new only from $85.25! \| first editions
6	Hindoo Holiday more books like this by J R Ackerley, Eliot Weinberger (Introduction by) In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. "Hindoo Holiday" is an intimate and very ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $6.31! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Tequila: A Traditional Art of Mexico by Alberto Ruy-Sanchez (Editor), Margarita de Orellana (Editor), Eliot Weinberger (Editor) Tequila is a national drink of great variety and complexity, inextricably entwined with the history and culture of Mexico. "Tequila" is the first book in English that is a wonderful A-Z guide to everything about tequila. Includes recipes for both cocktails and cooking with tequila. Full color. see all copies from $2.74! new only from $2.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry more books like this by Eliot Weinberger (Editor), William Carlos Williams (Translator), Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) A groundbreaking anthology of classical Chinese translations by giants of Modern American poetry. A rich compendium of translations, The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry is the first collection to look at Chinese poetry through its enormous influence on American poetry. Weinberger begins with Ezra Pound's Cathay (1915), and ... see all copies from $7.28! new only from $10.20! \| first editions \| SVS
9	An Erotic Beyond: Sade more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) The subject of these poems and essays is Donatien Alphonse Francois, better known as the Marquis de Sade. Imprisoned numerous times for sexual offenses that he believed were natural inclinations, de Sade wrote about sexual practices for which no term existed until the word "sadism" was coined. One of the final works of author and critic Octavio ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $69.08! \| first editions
10	Eagle or Sun more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) The first major book of short prose poetry in Spanish, "Eagle or Sun?" exerted an enormous influence on modern Latin American writing. Written in 1949-50 by Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz, "Eagle or Sun?" has a mythopoeic "place" Mexico -- a country caught up in its pre-Columbian past, the world of modern imperialism, and an apocalyptic future ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.40! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders: An Anthology more books like this by Eliot Weinberger An anthology of poems written by American authors since 1950, edited by the distinguished essayist and literary critic. Works by William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, and Charles Olson are included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.85! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	What Happened Here: Bush Chronicles more books like this by Eliot Weinberger Originally appearing abroad in a variety of publications, the topical and personal essays in WHAT HAPPENED HERE track Eliot Weinberger's response to the events of September 11, 2001, and to the administration of President George W. Bush, "whose ignorance of almost everything in the world," says Weinberger, "borders on the pathological." The early ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| SVS
13 view cover	Unravelling Words and the Weaving of Water more books like this by Cecilia Vicuna, Cecilia Vicuuna, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) see all copies from $6.42! new only from $75.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Unlock more books like this by Beidao, Bei DAO, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) Bei Dao, the internationally acclaimed Chinese poet, has been the poetic conscience of the dissident movements in his country for over twenty years. He has been in exile since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. Unlock presents forty-nine new poems written in the United States, and may well be Bei Dao's most powerful work to date. Complex, full ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	A Tree Within more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) see all copies from $2.88! new only from $7.80! \| first editions
16	Nostalgia for Death & Hieroglyphs of Desire more books like this by Xavier Villaurrutia, Eliot Weinberger (Translator), Esther Allen (Translator) see all copies from $3.88! new only from $7.92! \| first editions \| SVS
17	The total library : non-fiction 1922-1986 more books like this by Jorge Luis Borges, Eliot Weinberger see all copies from $16.59! new only from $23.70!
18 view cover	A tale of two gardens : poems from India 1952-1995 more books like this by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger Octavio Paz, 1990 Nobel Prize winner, declares that his many nonfiction books on the subject of India are only footnotes to his India poems. Those collected here cover more than 40 years of Paz's many and various commitments to Indiaas Mexican ambassador, student of Indian philosophy, and, above all, poet. "Paz's poetry is a seismograph of our ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Karmic Traces: 1993-1999 more books like this by Eliot Weinberger This volume of 24 essays by the celebrated translator of Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz contains poetic meditations on culture, history, and poetics. The diverse subject matter includes Iceland, India, Hong Kong , Vikings, Aztecs, the Amazon, Hugh MacDiarmid, J. R. Ackerley, mole-rats, pop-stars, and the prophesies of dogs.. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.60! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Works on Paper, 1980-1986 more books like this by Eliot Weinberger During the past several years, Eliot Weinberger's inventive prose has earned him a reputation as a candid social observer and penetrating essayist. 'Works on Paper' is the first collection of his writings, twenty-one pieces that juxtapose the world as it is and the world as it is imagined--by artists, poets, historical figures, and ordinary people. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	World Beat: International Poetry Now from New Directions more books like this by Eliot Weinberger (Editor) A celebration of contemporary poetry from around the world, "World Beat: International Poetry Now" from New Directions is a treasure trove that will satisfy and fascinate poetry lovers. A mosaic of twenty-eight foreign and American poets, "World Beat" is an extraordinary compilation, unlike any other anthology, of the poetry being written today. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Sunstone: Piedra de Sol by Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translator) Paz's 1957 volume SUNSTONE consists of 584 eleven-syllable lines based on the arrangement of the Aztec calendar (the sunstone itself) and also on the number of days in the revolution of the planet Venus. see all copies from $5.33! new only from $12.63! \| first editions
23 view cover	Sea of Dreams: The Selected Writings of Gu Cheng more books like this by Cheng Gu, Joseph R Allen (Editor), Eliot Weinberger (Introduction by) Gu Cheng (1956-1993) is one of China's most celebrated contemporary poets. His early death ended a literary career that was influenced by the Cultural Revolution and that reawakened the lyricism of Chinese poets during the 1980s. Offering a unique blend of brooding imagism and political innuendo, Gu Cheng's poetry traces complex changes in the ... see all copies from $8.95! new only from $10.20! \| SVS
24 view cover	Muhammad more books like this by Eliot Weinberger A luminous portrait of the Prophet, in the Islamic tradition. "Muhammad" is a shimmering, lyrical biography of the Prophet, composed from the words of Muslims throughout the centuries. Drawing on a variety of Islamic sources, from the "hadith," or sayings of Muhammad and his companions, to Abbasid and Persian texts, Weinberger weaves a subtle, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.29! \| SVS
25 view cover	An Elemental Thing more books like this by Eliot Weinberger In a new cycle of linked nonfiction prose-pieces, Eliot Weinberger creates another "vortex for the entire universe." ("Boston Review") "If you dream of a jaguar, people are coming. If the jaguar bites you, they are not people." --Eliot Weinberger, from "Lacandons" Internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative writers today, Eliot ... see all copies from $6.71! new only from $8.50! \| SVS

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