{"product_id":"twenty-love-poems-and-a-song-of-despair-paperback-1","title":"Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eCristina Garc?a\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e - Includes twelve sketches by Pablo Picasso \u003cbr\u003e - New introduction by Cristina Garc a \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeftali Ricardo Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e, whose pseudonym was to be \u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda, \u003c\/b\u003e was born in Parral, Chile, in 1904. 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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 6.36 x 4.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52013923631405,"sku":"9780142437704","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/twenty-love-poems-and-a-song-of-despair-paperback-9185210.webp?v=1777443012","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/twenty-love-poems-and-a-song-of-despair-paperback-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}