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Toledo Ilustrado
Toledo Ilustrado

Toledo Ilustrado

By Rainer Maria Rilke, Illustrated by Eva Vázquez

Ilustrados

POETRY

88 Pages, 6.5 x 6.5

Formats: Cloth

Cloth, $19.95 (US $19.95) (CA $23.99)

Publication Date: June 2015

ISBN 9788415717911

Rights: US & CA

Nordica Libros (Jun 2015)

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Overview

In 1912, from Ronda, Spain, the great Czech poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote about the lasting impact Toledo, Spain, had made on him the previous month. He was fascinated by the city and the work of El Greco. This book presents Rilke's lyrical impressions alongside fantastic illustrations by Eva Vásquez, who spent a year in the streets and squares of Toledo shaping her vision of the city into images. Two different, complementary perspectives of Toledo come together to encourage the discovery—or rediscovery—of the wonderful "Imperial City."

Author Biography

Rainer Maria Rilke was a Czech poet who contributed to German literature and who dedicated hundreds of poems in French to the canton of Valais in Switzerland. His best-known works include the poetry collections Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, the semiautobiographical novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, and the posthumously published collection Letters to a Young Poet. Eva Vázquez is an illustrator, an animator, and a cartoonist. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines and newspapers such as El País, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She is the illustrator of the books Cuando me alcances, Lucio, Luz y niebla, Oscuro bosque oscuro, and Un pintor de Alejandría.