The Solitary Summer

Resumen del libro

'I want to be alone for a whole summer, and get to the very dregs of life. I want to be as idle as I can, so that my soul may have time to grow. Nobody shall be invited to stay with me, and if anyone calls they will be told that I am out, or away, or sick . . . Wouldn't a whole lovely summer, quite alone, be delightful?'


This delightful companion to the famous Elizabeth and her German Garden is a witty, lyrical account of a rejuvenating, solitary summer filled with books and Elizabeth's reflections on her beloved garden. Descriptions of magnificent larkspurs and burning nasturtiums give way to those of cooling forest walks. Yet the months aren't as solitary as she'd planned: there's still her husband to pacify and the April, May and June babies to amuse.

Biografía del autor

José Luis Piquero (Mieres, Asturias, 1967) ha publicado los libros de poemas Las ruinas (1989), El buen discípulo (1992) y Monstruos perfectos (1997), todos ellos reeditados en el volumen Autopsia. Poesía reunida, 1989-2004 (2004). Posteriormente ha publicado El fin de semana perdido (2009), Cincuenta poemas. Antología personal, 1989-2014 (2014) y Tienes que irte (2017). Figura en una docena de antologías de la poesía española contemporánea. Premio Ojo Crítico de Radio Nacional de España, Premio de la Crítica de Asturias, dos veces finalista del Premio Nacional de la Crítica. Ha traducido cerca de cien libros de narrativa, poesía y ensayo, incluyendo a autores como Lord Byron, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Robert L. Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mary Butts, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, Erskine Caldwell, George Orwell, Dalton Trumbo, Henry Miller, Aldous Huxley, Denise Levertov, Paul Metcalf, Hubert Selby, Jr. o Simone Weil, entre otros.