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Fin de poema
A day seemingly just like any other brings together the last living hours of four poets: Cesare Pavese, Alejandra Pizarnik, Anne Sexton and Gabriel Ferrater. Like a black box, Poem’s End records the subtle moments leading up to their deaths. Little by little, silence and the loss of words fills everything, and each poet falls apart in their own way. By exploring the personal, literary, political and historical situations of the four protagonists, this novel opens a door onto their inner worlds, their lives and their deaths, shining a light both on the genius and misery of each poet throughout the book. This combination lays bare their fears, addictions, paranoias and personal hells, until each one descends exquisitely into the abyss, where it becomes clear that life is nothing.