Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth (Catalan Literature) (17 page)

SALVADOR ESPRIU
(1913
–
1985) is considered one of the Catalan language
’
s most significant postwar writers, producing fiction, poetry, and drama. Two volumes of his
Selected Poems
are available in English translation.

ROWAN RICARDO PHILLIPS
is the author of
The Ground: Poems
as well as numerous essays, poems, and translations.

Originally published in Catalan as
Ariadna al laberint grotesc

©
Estate of Salvador Espriu, 1975

Edicions 62, S.A., Edicions 62

Peu de la Creu, 4, 08001 Barcelona

www.edicions62.cat

Translation copyright
©
2012 by Rowan Ricardo Phillips

First edition, 2012

All rights reserved

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Espriu, Salvador.

 
 
[Ariadna al laberint grotesc. English]

 
 
Ariadne in the grotesque labyrinth / Salvador Espriu ; translated by Rowan Ricardo Phillips.—1st ed.

p. cm.

“
Originally published in Catalan as Ariadna al laberint grotesc, 1935, by La Rosa del Vents, Barcelona
”
—T.p. verso.

 
 
ISBN 978-1-56478-772-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper)—ISBN 978-1-56478-732-3 (cloth : acid-free paper)

I. Phillips, Rowan Ricardo. II. Title.

PC3941.E84A913 2012

849
’
.9352—dc23

2012013726

Partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency

The Catalan Literature Series is published in cooperation with the Institut Ramon Llull, a public consortium responsible for the promotion of Catalan language and culture abroad.

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Cover: design and composition by Mikhail Iliatov

Printed on permanent/durable acid-free paper and bound in the United States of America