Deep Song and Other Prose

Deep Song and Other Prose is the only collection in English translation of selected prose works by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936).

In his short life, Lorca produced an astonishing quantity of poems and plays but few essays. His creative powers were best stimulated by the immediate presence of an audience, and it was on the lecturer's platform where the bulk of his prose writings had their initial exposure rather than on the printed page he so mistrusted. Of the thirteen pieces included in this volume, only two (Holy Week in Granada, Sun and Shade) were written with publication in mind; two others are newspaper interviews (Conversation with Bagaria and The Life of Garcia Lorca, Poet); still two more are occasional addresses (A Talk about 7heater and Greeting to the Crew of the San Sebastian Elcano). All the rest are lectures and poetry readings given in Spain and the Americas during the last fourteen years of Lorca's life.

This volume is an excellent introduction to Lorca's concern with the primordial, irrational wellsprings of the creative spirit and to his work generally.