Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Unequalled in their grace, earthiness, and expression of sensual longing, the love poems of Pablo Neruda are perhaps the most lyrically written and widely read of this century. A perennial best-seller since it was published in Chile nearly 70?years ago, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair is...
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Unequalled in their grace, earthiness, and expression of sensual longing, the love poems of Pablo Neruda are perhaps the most lyrically written and widely read of this century. A perennial best-seller since it was published in Chile nearly 70?years ago, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair is now offered for the first time in a beautiful gift edition. A superb translation by W.S. Merwin and striking, richly colored illustrations bring the poems of this classic volume vividly?to life, making it an eloquent, evocative gift for lovers and poetry lovers everywhere.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780811803205 (0811803201)
Publish date: October 1st 1993
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Love,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Romance,
20th Century,
Poetry,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American,
Latin American Literature,
Nobel Prize
Pablo Neruda es universal :) .Muy bonito. Tienen una musicalidad y un ritmo preciosos. Merece la pena leerlos en voz alta.Pero me pasa algo curioso; unos poemas me encantan y otros, en cambio, me aburren. Eso sí, los que me gustan los puedo leer una vez, y otra, y otra...************* Poema 15: Reci...
My favorite kind of bad poetry
Neruda's poetry is the very definition of Lingual Pheromone. Also, Every Day You Play. Oh, be still, my heart! :') *a tear drop rolls down her cheek*
Neruda's heart resonates with strange old rhythms as he liberates his imagination from traditional expressions of devotion and takes it to undiscovered dimensions in paying homage to the act called "love". It is not merely emotion that he speaks of but the act, an act which is divine and sublime in ...
I can't help but feel that maybe I read this at the wrong time in my life. Or maybe W. S. Merwin's translations were wrong for me. Or some other excuse. Because I've heard such brilliant things about this collection. That it's one of the best poetry collections of all time. That it's about love and ...
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