Puerta del Sol
by Aragon, Francisco
Released: 2005
In this bilingual collection, taking its title from the central plaza in Madrid, it chronicles an overseas journey both public and private. Life in the capital - taking in jazz at a cafe after dark, navigating the underground landscapes of the Metro to and from work- is interwoven with the more interior realms of loss in poems that mourn a parent, retrace the steps of a late mentor, or express the collective grief borne of terrorism.