{"id":3122036,"date":"2023-10-01T00:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T04:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/book\/cerca-de-la-verdad-solamente\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T01:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:44:10","slug":"cerca-de-la-verdad-solamente","status":"publish","type":"fpb_book","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/es\/book\/cerca-de-la-verdad-solamente\/","title":{"rendered":"Cerca de la verdad solamente"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Por Ed Higgins. Fernwood Press, 2023. 112 p\u00e1ginas. 17 $\/tapa blanda.   <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/lists\/friends-journal-selections-october-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comprar en QuakerBooks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me encanta un poeta que da la bienvenida al lector a su mundo con los brazos abiertos.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considera esto. Hace solo una frase \u00e9ramos completos extra\u00f1os,<br\/>oc\u00e9anos de tiempo, distancia y pensamiento entre nosotros. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Estos versos del primer poema de <em>Near Truth Only<\/em> son una buena introducci\u00f3n a las observaciones de Ed Higgins sobre la naturaleza, la naturaleza humana, el amor, la espiritualidad y las intrigantes iron\u00edas de la vida diaria. La suya es una voz honesta y amable, con un humor sutil y peque\u00f1as sorpresas. Es un libro muy legible con temas que muchos Amigos pueden disfrutar explorando.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Higgins, profesor em\u00e9rito y escritor residente en la Universidad George Fox en Newberg, Oreg\u00f3n, ha sido publicado en muchas revistas literarias. Es editor asistente de ficci\u00f3n para <em>Brilliant Flash Fiction<\/em> y un agricultor org\u00e1nico con sede en Yamhill, Oreg\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los escenarios para estos poemas incluyen lugares comunes como la cocina, la cama y el aeropuerto. Me gustan especialmente los detalles y el humor en \u201cSuicidios de moscas de la fruta en la cocina\u201d: \u201cdespu\u00e9s de todo, son solo prote\u00ednas empapadas en vino\u201d. En un poema m\u00e1s l\u00edrico sobre el cielo, destaca otra imagen: \u201cEn d\u00edas como este \/ el aire gris plateado \/ se pega en tus pulmones \/ como nubes de az\u00facar de fogata\u201d.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un poema ekfr\u00e1stico en la colecci\u00f3n, \u201cThe Tohono O\u2019odham: The Desert People\u201d, describe la reacci\u00f3n del poeta a una conmovedora fotograf\u00eda de una pareja nativa americana con vestimenta tradicional, muy pintoresca. Pero el poema termina con una revelaci\u00f3n brutal sobre los forasteros que reclaman el derecho a pedirle a un hombre y a una mujer que posen desnudos. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las dos primeras partes del libro cubren una amplia variedad de temas, mientras que la tercera secci\u00f3n est\u00e1 dedicada a 16 poemas de amor. Tomados individualmente, cada poema presenta hermosas im\u00e1genes y emociones sensuales; como grupo, corr\u00edan el riesgo de volverse repetitivos en tono, im\u00e1genes y lenguaje. Esta es mi \u00fanica duda al recomendar el libro.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lo que especialmente admiro en varios poemas es la invocaci\u00f3n de Higgins al poder de la narrativa que subyace a su trabajo, y de hecho al de todos los escritores. \u201cSin contar historias\u201d, dice, \u201cestamos irremediablemente perdidos\u201d. <em>Near Truth Only<\/em> es el esfuerzo de un hombre por mantener vivo el arte de contar historias. <\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Catherine Wald es una poeta que asiste al Meeting de Morningside en la ciudad de Nueva York, N.Y.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5090,"featured_media":3092489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[10530,10323],"fpb_issue_category":[10707],"class_list":["post-3122036","fpb_book","type-fpb_book","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libros-de-octubre-de-2023","category-resenas-de-libros-cuaqueros","fpb_issue_category-amigos-ecumenicos-e-interreligiosos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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