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Torres, Emmanuel.
SHAPES OF SILENCE.
Manila, Philippines: Wherehouse, 1972. Softcover. First Edition/First Printing. 56 pages. Fine. Signed. The author's second collection of poems. Published in a very small and limited print run as a paperback original only. The first and only edition, it is now rare. Emmanuel Torres has since written more poems as well as essays, articles, and significant art criticism. He is the Philippines' leading art critic and one of its most respected literary and art scholars. But his international reputation rests on his poetic output, a relatively slim body of work that combines delicacy of feeling, musicality, and biting social commentary. A brilliant book. A "must-have title for Emmanuel Torres collectors. This presentation copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated, and inscribed in black fountain pen on the front free endpaper by the author: "Feb 20, 1989...Who prefers shapely sounds with his silences! E. Torres". The recipient is named. The writer's handwriting is unusually refined, neat, and beautiful. This title has been out-of-print for a very long time. This is the only such signed copy of the true First Edition available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare, one-of-a-kind signed copy thus. One of the most renowned Filipino poet-critics of the 20th century. A fine copy. . $50.00 |
