Transformaciones

Anne Sexton, Sandra Rilova, María Ramos

• Publisher: Nórdica Libros
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9788418451423
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

Anne Sexton da nueva vida a diecisiete cuentos de hadas de los hermanos Grimm, reinventándolos como poemas llenos de referencias contemporáneas, ideales feministas y humor mórbido. La poeta saca las historias del reino de lo fantástico y las lleva a lo cotidiano. Despojándolas de su brillo mágico, expone las nociones defectuosas de familia, género y moralidad dentro de las historias que continúan impregnando nuestra psique colectiva.Sexton es especialmente crítica con los finales «felices para siempre» de estos cuentos. Deconstruidos en poemas vívidos, viscerales y a menudo muy divertidos, estos cuentos de hadas reflejan temas que durante mucho tiempo han fascinado a la autora: la ansiedad claustrofóbica de la vida doméstica y el papel limitado de la mujer en la sociedad.

Anne Sexton

TRANSFORMATIONS

THE GOLD KEY

The speaker in this case

is a middle-aged witch, me-

tangled on my two great arms,

my face in a book

and my mouth wide,

ready to tell you a story or two.

I have come to remind you,

all of you:

Alice, Samuel, Kurt, Eleanor,

Jane, Brian, Maryel,

all of you draw near.

Alice,

at fifty-six do you remember?

Do you remember when you

were read to as a child?

Samuel,

at twenty-two have you forgotten?

Forgotten the ten P.M. dreams

where the wicked king

went up in smoke?

Are you comatose?

Are you undersea?

Attention,

my dears,

let me present to you this boy.

He is sixteen and he wants some answers.

He is each of us.

I mean you.

I mean me.

It is not enough to read Hesse

and drink clam chowder

we must have the answers.

The boy has found a gold key

and he is looking for what it will open.

This boy!

Upon finding a string

he would look for a harp.

Therefore he holds the key tightly.

Its secrets whimper

like a dog in heat.

He turns the key.

Presto!

It opens this book of odd tales

which transform the Brothers Grimm.

Transform?

As if an enlarged paper clip

could be a piece of sculpture.

(And it could.)

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

No matter what life you lead

the virgin is a lovely number:

cheeks as fragile as cigarette paper,

arms and legs made of Limoges,

lips like Vin Du Rhône,

rolling her china-blue doll eyes

open and shut.

Open to say,

G...

Table of contents

• Portada
• Transformaciones
• La llave de oro
• Blancanieves y los siete enanitos
• La serpiente blanca
• Rumpelstiltskin
• El campesino
• Padrino muerte
• Rapunzel
• Juan de Hierro
• Cenicienta
• Un Ojo, Dos Ojos, Tres Ojos
• El músico maravilloso
• Caperucita roja
• La doncella sin manos
• Las doce princesas bailarinas
• El príncipe rana
• Hansel y Gretel
• Rosa Silvestre (La bella durmiente)
• Transformations
• Promoción
• Sobre este libro
• Sobre Anne Sexton
• Créditos
• Índice