La noche oscura is a poetry book by Alejandro Carrión first published by the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana at the urging of the poet Jorge Carrera Andrade, then vice-president. This book includes a complete version of the poem Tiniebla^[1] first published by the National University of Colombia thanks to the poet and novelist Jaime Ibáñez. Also included is the poem "Jonás" which Luis Cardoza y Aragón claimed to be one of his favorites. “Invitación a la fiesta de la tristeza” was first published in Ecuador 0.0.0, the poetry magazine of Alexander Finisterre. This book deserved an extensive critique by Matilde Elena Lopez.

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