Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
The Chilean Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was probably the greatest and certainly the most prolific of twentieth-century Latin American poets. He brought out his first collection at the age of seventeen, and quickly developed an assured and distinctive poetic voice. His third book, Veinte Poemas de...
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The Chilean Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was probably the greatest and certainly the most prolific of twentieth-century Latin American poets. He brought out his first collection at the age of seventeen, and quickly developed an assured and distinctive poetic voice. His third book, Veinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada - Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair- was published in 1924 and attracted international acclaim. It remains one of the most celebrated and admired books of erotic poetry published in the last hundred years, with over a million copies sold worldwide. Neruda was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780224074414 (0224074415)
Publish date: July 1st 2004
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 65
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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