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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9780143039969 ISBN: 0143039962 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: December 26, 2006 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Editorial Review: Product Description: The Nobel Prizewinning poets most popular work When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwins incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Seasons of Love"Clasping my arms like a climbing plant the leaves garnered your voice, that was slow and at peace. Bonfire of awe in which my thirst was burning. Sweet blue hyacinth twisted over my soul." (from "I Remember You As You Were") After watching "The Postman" I became interested in purchasing my first book of Pablo Neruda's poems. Needless to say I went into the experience with very high expectations. The poems are awash with nature images and much less ... Read More Rating:  - Wonderful!This book was very beneficial as I translated some of the poems myself. It allowed me to compare differences in the two translations and choose which was most accurate. Rating: - Love poems for all of usOur Spanish is weak, mine much weaker than hers, but the language speaks, the tone of the language sings, as we sit on a beach and share these beatiful poems, in words we understand, and sounds we listen to. Rating: - One of my favorite writersIn this duel language edition, the voice is soft, sincere, and refreshing. His language borders on a passion that seems to rouse the senses like skydiving, or waiting for first rain. I recommend this book and all his books to the poetry reader. Rating: - the most romantic book of love poems ever writtenperhaps this is the most romantic and most beautiful book of love poems ever written. every word, every stanza is so easily read, so quickly understood, like an arrow to the heard. give this gift to your lover and they will never forget it. |
