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This complete, bilingual collection has become a classic for love-struck readers around the world--passionately sensuous, and exploding with all the erotic energy of a new love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Neruda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811218214","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340519534820,"sku":"9780811218214","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780811218214.jpg?v=1719494044"},{"product_id":"veinte-poemas-de-amor-y-una-cancion-de-desesperada-y-cien-sonetos-de-amor-twen-ty-love-poems-and-a-song-of-despair-and-one-hundred-love-sonnets-pablo-neruda-hardcover","title":"Veinte Poemas de Amor Y Una Canción Desesperada Y Cien Sonetos de Amor \/ Twen Ty Love Poems and a Song of Despair and One Hundred Love Sonnets -- Pablo Neruda, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003ePremio Nobel de Literatura\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"El más grande poeta del siglo xx en cualquier idioma\". --Gabriel García Márquez \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUn gran éxito desde el mismo momento de su publicación en 1924 cuando el autor contaba con tan solo diecinueve años, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVeinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e causó un fuerte revuelo en la conservadora sociedad chilena debido a su franco retrato de la relación del autor con dos mujeres. Se convirtió inmediatamente en una de las colecciones de poesía más leídas, estableciendo a Neruda como una de las más singulares voces de la poesía en español del siglo XX. Incluso leído hoy, sigue sorprendiendo por su sincera descripción del amor y el sexo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTan pasional y hermosa como \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVeinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e Cien sonetos de amor\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eincluye algunos de los más sensuales e intensos poemas de Pablo Neruda. Aunque publicada treinta y cinco años más tarde, retiene la ingenuidad y la intensa pasión del joven Neruda, mezclada con la sagaz mirada de un hombre que lo ha visto todo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most popular works by Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda. Now his two books are kept in one book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair was first published, it launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair is a collection of romantic poems by Pablo Neruda, first published in 1924 when Neruda was 19. It was Neruda's second published work and made his name as a poet. It's Neruda's best-known work, and has sold more than 20 million copies. It remains the best- selling poetry book in the Spanish language ever, almost 100 years after its first publication. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 100 Love Sonnets is a collection of one hundred sonnets written by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and was published first in 1959 in Spanish. Against the backdrop of Isla Negra -- the sea and wind, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wild flowers, the hot sun and salty smells of the Pacific -- Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda sets these joyfully sensual poems in celebration of his love. The subject of that love: Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, the poet's \"beloved wife.\" In the book poems are kept in four sections - Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Neruda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Espanol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307474742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda\u003c\/b\u003e, seudónimo de Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes, nació en Parral, Provincia de Linares, Chile, en 1904. Pasó la mayor parte de su infancia y adolescencia en Temuco, donde escribió sus primeros poemas. A partir de 1927 ocupó varios cargos consulares, primero en Asia y entre 1934 y 1938 en España, donde se hizo amigo de los escritores españoles de la Generación del 27. En 1940 se instaló en México y posteriormente, regresó a su patria donde, en 1945, fue elegido senador y recibió el Premio Nacional de Literatura. En 1971 fue nombrado embajador en París por el gobierno de Salvador Allende. Considerado uno de los mayores y más influyentes poetas de su siglo, fue reconocido con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1971. Tras menos de dos años en París, regresó a Santiago, donde murió en 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340520485092,"sku":"9780307474742","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780307474742.jpg?v=1730206273"},{"product_id":"twenty-love-poems-and-a-song-of-despair-pablo-neruda-paperback","title":"Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair -- Pablo Neruda, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliant English translation of\u003c\/b\u003e beloved poems by Pablo Neruda, who is the subject of the film \u003ci\u003eNeruda\u003c\/i\u003e starring Gael Garc a Bernal and directed by Pablo Larra n \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with French flaps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1924, \u003ci\u003eVeinte poemas de amor y una canci n desesperada\u003c\/i\u003e remains among Pablo Neruda's most popular work. 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He grew up in the pioneer town of Temuco, briefly encountering Gabriela Mistral, who taught there for a time. In 1920 he went to Santiago to study, and the following year published his first collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLa Cancion de la Fiesta\u003c\/i\u003e. A second collection, \u003ci\u003eCrepusculario\u003c\/i\u003e, brought him critical recognition; and in 1924 the hugely successful \u003ci\u003eVeinte Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada\u003c\/i\u003e appeared. From 1927 to 1943, Neruda lived abroad, serving as a diplomat in Rangoon, Colombo, Batavia, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, and Mexico City. This is the period that saw the publication of the first two volumes of his celebrated \u003ci\u003eResidencia en la Tierra\u003c\/i\u003e. He joined the Communist Party of Chile after World War II, was prosecuted as a subversive, and began an exile that took him to Russia, Eastern Europe, and China. Already the most renowned Latin American poet of his time, he returned to Chile in 1952. He died there in 1973, having just seen the fourth edition of his \u003ci\u003eObras Completas\u003c\/i\u003e through the press. In receiving the Nobel Prize in 1971, he had said that the poet must achieve a balance \"between solitude and solidarity, between feeling and action, between the intimacy of one's self, the intimacy of mankind, and the relevation of nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e (translator; 1927-2019) published many highly regarded books of poems, for which he received a number of distinguished awards--the Pulitzer Prize (twice), the National Book Award, the Bollingen Prize, a Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, and the Governor's Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii among them. The U.S. poet laureate from 2010 to 2011, he translated widely from many languages, and his versions of classics such as \u003ci\u003eThe Poem of the Cid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e are standards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina García\u003c\/b\u003e (introducer) is the author of \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award.","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44340522778852,"sku":"9780142437704","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780142437704.jpg?v=1719530957"},{"product_id":"the-essential-neruda-selected-poems-pablo-neruda-paperback","title":"The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems -- Pablo Neruda, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis bilingual collection of Neruda's most essential poems is indispensable.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's various styles and themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn impressive group of translators that includes Alistair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems; and a handful of previously untranslated works are included as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis selection sets the standard for a general, high-quality introduction to Neruda's complete oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...\u003cem\u003eThe Essential Neruda\u003c\/em\u003e will prove to be, for most readers, the best introduction to Neruda available in English. 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He was in his late forties when he committed himself to writing an ode a week, and in the end he produced a total of 225, which are dispersed throughout his varied oeuvre. This bilingual volume, edited by Ilan Stavans, a distinguished translator and scholar of Latin American literature, gathers all Neruda's odes for the first time in any language. Rendered into English by an assortment of accomplished translators, including Philip Levine, Paul Muldoon, Mark Strand, and Margaret Sayers Peden, collectively they read like the personal diary of a man in search of meaning who sings to life itself, to our connections to one another, and to the place we have in nature and the cosmos. \u003ci\u003eAll the Odes\u003c\/i\u003e is also a lasting statement on the role of poetry as a lightning rod during tumultuous times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Neruda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-73) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. 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A motherless, pensive child in the wild, he began writing poems long before quitting the countryside for Santiago, where he spent his bohemian student years. From there, his memoir follows his travels as a globetrotting Chilean consul--including a stint in Spain during its civil war, and in Mexico, where he attracted attention for aiding a man suspected of conspiring to assassinate Leon Trotsky--and his short-lived service as a Chilean senator. Neruda, a communist, was driven from his senate seat in 1948, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. After a year in hiding, he escaped on horseback over the Andes, then to Europe and Asia. 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He shared the World Peace Prize with Paul Robeson and Pablo Picasso in 1950, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. His books include \u003ci\u003eResidence on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCanto General\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExtravagaria\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Isla Negra\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardie St. Martin \u003c\/b\u003etranslated work by Vincente Aleixandre, Roque Dalton, Enrique Lihn, Nicanor Parra, and Luisa Valenzuela, among others. He was the recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship in 1965, a P.E.N. International Translation Award, and an ALTA award for excellence in editing and translation. His anthology of Spanish poetry, \u003ci\u003eRoots and Wings, \u003c\/i\u003e is still considered a literary landmark. Hardie died September 3, 2007. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrian Nathan West \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Degradation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e; his essays, short fiction and translations have also appeared in the New York Review of Books, McSweeney's, the London Review of Books and other publications. He has translated books from German, Catalan, Spanish and French by authors such as Josef Winkler, Pere Gimferrer and Marianne Fritz.","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45742462370020,"sku":"9780374538125","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780374538125.jpg?v=1729963959"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-questions-pablo-neruda-paperback","title":"The Book of Questions -- Pablo Neruda, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA best-selling volume of Pablo Neruda's poetry in an English-Spanish edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular poets, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Questions\u003c\/i\u003e, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda's questions lead the reader \u003ci\u003ebeyond\u003c\/i\u003e reason into realms of intuition and pure imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This complete translation of Pablo Neruda's \u003ci\u003eEl libro de las preguntas\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Questions\u003c\/i\u003e) features Neruda's original Spanish-language poems alongside William O'Daly's English translations. In his introduction O'Daly, who has translated eight volumes of Pablo Neruda's poetry, writes, These poems, more so than any of Neruda's other work, remind us that living in a state of visionary surrender to the elemental questions, free of the quiet desperation of clinging too tightly to answers, may be our greatest act of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Neruda died in 1973, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Questions \u003c\/i\u003ewas one of eight unpublished poetry manuscripts that lay on his desk. In it, Neruda achieves a deeper vulnerability and vision than in his earlier work-and this unique book is a testament to everything that made Neruda an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeruda's questions evoke pictures that make sense on a visual level before the reader can grasp them on a literal one. The effect is mildly dazzling  and] O'Daly's translations achieve a tone that is both meditative and spontaneous. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda\u003c\/b\u003e, born in southern Chile, led a life charged with poetic and political activity. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Peace Prize, and served as Chile's ambassador to several countries, including Burma, France, and Argentina. He died in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell me, is the rose naked\u003cbr\u003e or is that her only dress?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do trees conceal\u003cbr\u003e the splendor of their roots?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho hears the regrets\u003cbr\u003e of the thieving automobile?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs there anything in the world sadder\u003cbr\u003e than a train standing in the rain?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eXIV.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd what did the rubies say\u003cbr\u003e standing before the juice of pomegranates?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy doesn't Thursday talk itself\u003cbr\u003e into coming after Friday?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho shouted with glee\u003cbr\u003ewhen the color blue was born?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the earth grieve\u003cbr\u003ewhen the violets appear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pablo Neruda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 5.53w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556591600\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePablo Neruda (1904-1973) held diplomatic posts in Asian and European countries. After joining the Communist Party, Neruda was elected to the Chilean Senate but was forced to live in exile in Mexico for several years. Eventually he established a permanent home on Isla Negra. In 1970 he was appointed as Chile's ambassador to France; in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. William O'Daly is one of the most celebrated translators of the poetry of Pablo Neruda. He lives in California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45746813272292,"sku":"9781556591600","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781556591600.jpg?v=1780460684"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/collections\/pablo-neruda.oembed","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}