Publisher's Synopsis
Stanczyk. Narrative Poem of a Serious Jester [with original Spanish version], book written by Chilean poet and psychologist Luis Cruz-Villalobos. English-Spanish edition published by Independently Poetry, in its Sima Collection.
- "The present book by Luis Cruz-Villalobos, is a narrative poem, with overtones of classical style and epic genre, where the forces of nature manifest as decisive, and as in the adventures of Odysseus at sea, they embody the providence which directs the destiny of the protagonist, and the final cause of the history [...] Stanczyk offers us a poetic space filled with a subtle voice that is hard to hear, prudent, that is not in a hurry to make judgments, a contemplative voice, from which a man emerges alive, dressed as a jester, dressed in moments, dress attributes, dressed in what can be clothing, and naked, by human nature itself." Tomás Lavados
- "El presente libro de Luis Cruz-Villalobos, es un poema narrativo, con visos clásicos de estilo y género épico, donde las fuerzas de la naturaleza se manifiestan determinantes, y como en las peripecias de Odiseo en el mar, encarnan la providencia que dirige el destino del protagonista, y el cauce final de la historia [...] Stanczyk nos ofrece un espacio poético lleno de una voz sutil difícil de oír, prudente, que no se apura en emitir juicios, una voz contemplativa, desde la que emerge viviente un hombre, vestido de bufón, vestido de momentos, vestido de atributos, vestido de aquello que puede ser vestimenta, y desnudo, en la naturaleza misma humana." Tomás Lavados
LUIS CRUZ-VILLALOBOS, PhD (Santiago de Chile, 1976), is a writer, editor, and psychologist, with an extensive literary production in poetry and academic essays, with more than fifty published books.