Synopses & Reviews
Nobel Laureate
Pablo Nerudaexplored many schools of thought, poetic styles, and voices, but his passion lay in finding and improvising upon basic rhythms of perception to reveal unspoken and unspeakable truths. Copper Canyon Press has published seven volumes of Neruda's poetry. Six volumes were translated by William O'Daly and one volume of poems was translated by James Nolan.
"A devastating sequence of poems...translated into a beautiful, hypnotic English."-Bloomsbury Review
"Here, as in much of Neruda's poetry, the personal and political collide, driven by his overriding concern: how does one person-a writer-change the world? His poems always plumb the unfathomable ambiguities of life, surfacing, finally, with a kind of balanced appreciation for the knowable as well as the mysterious"-Library Journal
Other titles by Pablo Neruda available from Consortium:
The Book of Questions(Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-041-5 PB 1-55659-040-7 HC
Ceremonial Songs(Latin American Literary Review Press), 0-935480-80-3 PB
Neruda at Isla Negra(White Pine Press), 1-877727-83-0 PB
Neruda's Garden(Latin American Literary Review Press), 0-935480-68-4 PB
The Sea and the Bells(Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-019-9 PB
The Separate Rose(Copper Canyon Press), 0-914742-88-4 PB
Still Another Day(Copper Canyon Press), 0-914742-77-9 PB
Stones of the Sky(Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-007-5 PB 1-55659-006-7 HC
Windows That Open Inward(White Pine Press), 1-877727-89-X PB
Yellow Heart, (Copper Canyon Press), 1-55659-029-6 PB
About the Author
Pablo 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.