On this occasion we will talk about one of the books highlights not only of the Peruvian literature but of literature in Spanish. We refer to the Heralds Blacks, written by the great Cesar Vallejo, one of the best poets in history.
The Heralds Blacks is a poemario which was published in the year 1919, which brings together a series of writings, (69 to be more precise), which were written for 3 years by Cesar Vallejo. Among the poems we can find 6 sections, which are Fixtures agile, Divers, of the earth, imperial Nostalgia, Thunder and Songs of Home. The first division consists of 11 poems, the second by 4, the third by 10, the fourth by 13, and the penultimate by 25 and the last for 5.
The Heralds Black is written with a language modern, very intimate, full of symbolism, of metaphors, anxiety, of existentialism and why not says, of pessimism, of guilt and pain. This is your so famous phrase “There Are blows in life, so strong … I don’t know! Blows as hatred of God; as if before them, the hangover of everything suffered …”
From the time that appeared, The Heralds Blacks got a great criticism from the literati specialized, however, in that time was not a success of sales because only sold few copies. Those who are followers of Vallejo argue that in that time the thought of Vallejo was very ahead of its time and the commercial failure was due in any case that was a misunderstood at that time.