{"product_id":"9780811226677","title":"Al Que Quiere!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe centennial edition of William Carlos Williams’s early ground-breaking volume, containing some of his best-loved poems\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published in 1917 by Four Seas Press, \u003cem\u003eAl Que Quiere!\u003c\/em\u003e was William Carlos Williams’s third poetry book—his breakthrough volume—and contains some of his best-loved poems (“Tract,” “Apology,” “El Hombre,” “Danse Russe,” “January Morning,” and “Smell!”), as well as a Whitmanesque concluding long poem, “The Wanderer,” that anticipates his epic masterpiece \u003cem\u003ePaterson\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eAl Que Quiere!\u003c\/em\u003e is the culmination of an experimental period for Williams that included his translations from Spanish. The Spanish epigraph of \u003cem\u003eAl Que Quiere!\u003c\/em\u003e is from the short story “El hombre que pareci´a un caballo” (“The Man Who Resembled a Horse”) by the Guatemalan author Rafael Are´valo Marti´nez. This centennial edition contains Williams’s translation of the story (made with the help of his father), as well as a fascinating chapter from a book of conversations with Williams, \u003cem\u003eI Wanted to Write a Poem\u003c\/em\u003e, in which he comments on the individual poems. ","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118567080176,"sku":"9780811226677","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780811226677_p0.jpg?v=1763742846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780811226677","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}