Synopses & Reviews
First published in 1924, Veinte poemas de amor y una cancin desesperada remains among Pablo Neruda's most popular work. Daringly metaphorical and sensuous, this collection juxtaposes youthful passion with the desolation of grief. Drawn from the poet's most intimate and personal associations, the poems combine eroticism and the natural world with the influence of expressionism and the genius of a master poet. This edition features the newly corrected original Spanish text, with masterly English translations by award-winning poet W. S. Merwin on facing pages.
Synopsis:
A beautifully packaged collection from "the greatest poet of the 20th century--in any language" (Gabriel Garc'a Mrquez). 12 illustrations.
About the Author
Pablo Neruda (1904 &1973), the most renowned Latin American poet of his time, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.
W. S. Merwin received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and his translations of classics such as The Poem of El Cid and The Song of Roland are standards.
Cristina Garca is the author of Dreaming in Cuban, which was nominated for a National Book Award.
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