Ida Vitale. Reduccion del infinito.(Book Review)

From: World Literature Today | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: Bird, Rosa Julia | Copyright information

Ida Vitale. Reduccion del infinito. Barcelona. Tusquets. 2002. 271 pages. 19 [euro]. ISBN 84-8310-818-6

FIVE PARTS deliberately arranged in a poetic symphony form Reduccion del infinito, Uruguayan poet Ida Vitale's recent book of poetry. The last part is a personal anthology with poems dated, in this order, from 1998 to 1953. Under the title "Fieles" (Faithful ones), these last selections represent a reflection on a literary evolution and the topoi that constitute her th...