mackinacisland
10-09-2011, 04:40 PM
Has anybody read anything from this portuguese author?
I've just found here that he has published a few novels in english:
http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/jose-luis-peixoto/
But what captivated me was this poem (that I've found on youtube):
when it was time to set the table, we were five:
my father, my mother, my sisters
and me. then my older sister
got married. then, my younger sister
got married. then, my father died. today,
when it’s time to set the table, we are five,
except for my older sister who is
in her own home, except for my younger
sister, who is in her own home, except for my
father, except for my widowed mother. each one
of them is an empty space at the table where
I eat alone. but they’ll always be here.
when it’s time to set the table, we’ll always be five.
as long as one of us is alive, we’ll
always be five.
-José Luís Peixoto
I took it from here:
http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2011/07/almost-leaving-sally-ashton.html
But I am really curious about the novels. Has anybody ever read or heard about them?
I've also found this:
http://joseluispeixoto.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/english
I've just found here that he has published a few novels in english:
http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/jose-luis-peixoto/
But what captivated me was this poem (that I've found on youtube):
when it was time to set the table, we were five:
my father, my mother, my sisters
and me. then my older sister
got married. then, my younger sister
got married. then, my father died. today,
when it’s time to set the table, we are five,
except for my older sister who is
in her own home, except for my younger
sister, who is in her own home, except for my
father, except for my widowed mother. each one
of them is an empty space at the table where
I eat alone. but they’ll always be here.
when it’s time to set the table, we’ll always be five.
as long as one of us is alive, we’ll
always be five.
-José Luís Peixoto
I took it from here:
http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2011/07/almost-leaving-sally-ashton.html
But I am really curious about the novels. Has anybody ever read or heard about them?
I've also found this:
http://joseluispeixoto.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/english