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    Dictionary of Defeats
    Dictionary of Defeats
    Dictionary of Defeats
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    Dictionary of Defeats

    By Toni García Arias

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     “Dictionary of defeats” is the second book of poems by Toni García Arias. In this poetry the author approach the classic subjects of the poetic world: The loss of childhood and youth, love, lack of love, memories, poems and the passing of time.

    The book is presented as a dictionary, because the poems are ordered alphabetically: Absence, Body, Childhood, Distance, etc.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBadPress
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781507177969
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