Dulce Maria Loynaz

Jardin

Lyric prose poem about time, love, and Havana's decaying colonial manor

About the author

Dulce Maria Loynaz

Cuban poet and novelist who won the Premio Cervantes. Her lyrical novel Jardin is a dreamlike exploration of female isolation. She is a foundational figure in Cuban literary modernism whose work was rediscovered after the Nobel.

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