Libros en español / Amor gitano
International Latino Book Awards 2024 · Spanish-language poetry
Honorable Mention
Amor gitano
Prosa y poemas de amor, desilusión y esperanza — Prose and Poems on Love, Disillusionment, and Hope
Some loves arrive unannounced, stay a while, and take flight again. Discover beautiful poems and prose about falling in love, losing it all, and daring to love again—poetry tied together by the story of a gypsy boy who crosses death itself in search of love.
Written in Spanish. This page is in English, so you know what you're getting. The poems and prose themselves are not translated.
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HOW THE BOOK IS BUILT
Three parts: love, disillusionment, and hope
Amor gitano moves like a whole relationship: the first kiss, the nights when the other person exists only in dreams, and the beach where you finally learn to stay.
PARTE I
Al ritmo de un beso
To the Rhythm of a Kiss. Falling in love at full burn, and what's left when the fire goes out: poems of home and desire that end in echoes and goodbyes.
Passion · devotion · heartbreak
PART II
Atravesando sueños
Crossing Through Dreams. The only place a lost love is still alive. Each poem is like a different dream, and each waking is a new loss.
Absence · memory · dreams
PART III
Para siempre
Forever. The sea, the sand, and someone new waiting at the shore. Loving again without fear, faith intact, and the past finally put in its place.
Rebirth · hope · faith
The story of the gypsy boy
Between the poems, three prose pieces tell a myth of their own, drawn from the Greek underworld: a kiss that kills, a river that must be crossed, and a beach at the end of the world where lovers meet.
Descenso
The Descent. A beautiful serpent and a farewell kiss.
Estigia
The Styx. Charon, the black river, and an unexpected question.
Campos Elíseos
The Elysian Fields. Where the horizon ends and the story begins again.
Honorable Mention
Honored at the International Latino Book Awards 2024 in Spanish-language poetry, the largest Latino literary awards program in the United States.
READ A SAMPLE
Two poems and a passage of prose
Shown in the original Spanish. If you read both languages, this is the fastest way to tell whether the book is for you.
PART I · Al ritmo de un beso
Mi hogar · My home
Llego al hogar y el mundo cambia,
el color regresa,
y ahí estás tú,
llena de alegría.
Tus besos me embriagan
y tus abrazos me calientan,
y cuando me preguntas por mi día,
entiendo que el hogar no es una casa.
Mi hogar eres tú.
PART II · Atravesando sueños
Estigia · Styx
El hombre del bote siguió remando, y después de un silencio prolongado preguntó: —¿Ya has decidido a dónde vas?
—Creo que sí —contestó el gitano—. ¿Me puedes llevar a la felicidad?
—¿Estás seguro? —preguntó el navegador—. Sin haber conocido el dolor, ¿cómo sabrás lo que es la felicidad? Y si no conoces la felicidad, ¿cómo lo sabrás cuando la tengas en las manos?
El hombre siguió remando.
—Caronte —comenzó a decir el joven gitano—. ¿Me puedes llevar al dolor?
—¿Estás seguro? —preguntó Caronte—. No hay vuelta atrás.
—No —contestó el chico—. Pero lo importante es dar el primer paso.
PART III · Para siempre
Diez años · Ten years
Quizás en diez años
nos veremos otra vez
y recordaremos cómo nos amamos.
Tal vez reiremos al darnos cuenta
de que el mundo no acabó,
que no nos morimos de amor,
y que, al contrario,
nuestra historia fue el comienzo
de una vida mejor.
[…]
Quizás en diez años.
Quizás no.
De todos modos,
gracias.
PUBLISHED
2023
PAGES
90
FORMATS
Paperback ·
Digital
LANGUAGE
Spanish
ISBN (Paperback)
979-8375679211
BEHIND THE BOOK
A book for closing chapters
"For the past that transformed me. And to finally close its chapters."
That's how Amor gitano opens. It's a book about letting go, but not from bitterness: every piece takes the shape it asks for. Some moments fit in four lines; others need a letter, a confession, or an entire story.
In the author's note at the end, Pablo sums it up: we are all collections of stories, and someone out there needs to hear ours to find the courage to live their own. How will you write your story?
Amor gitano, or "gypsy love," is a love that does not give up, that journeys freely, and does not let itself be trapped by fear.
The author
Pablo Camacho
Born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, raised in a military family, and a former U.S. Marine. He writes in Spanish and English about love, loss, and faith. He has written nine books, four in Spanish, and two of his poetry collections, Amor gitano and Paraíso, have received Honorable Mentions at the International Latino Book Awards. He lives in Florida with his wife and daughter.
IF YOU READ SPANISH
More books in Spanish
Paraíso
Las Musas
New for 2026. A poetry collection on love and life. Honorable Mention, ILBA.
Poetry told through letters. One of Pablo’s bestsellers and many readers' favorite.
Criaturas salvajes
A novel of love, betrayal, and revenge. If you want stories rather than verse, start here.
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