The Essential Neruda
by Neruda, PabloEdition: Bilingual
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-04-01
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Summary
This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history's greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world's leading Neruda scholars. A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth of Neruda's various styles, themes, and periods, The Essential Neruda breathes new life and understanding into the work of one of Latin America's -- and the world's -- treasures. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| From Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada (1924) | |
| 1. Cuerpo de mujer / Body of woman | p. 2 |
| 7. Inclinado en las tardes / Inclined in the afternoons | p. 4 |
| 15. Me gustas cuando callas / I like you when you're quiet | p. 6 |
| 20. Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes / I can write the saddest verses | p. 8 |
| From Residencia en la tierra, I (1933) | |
| Galope muerto / Dead Gallop | p. 12 |
| Unidad / Oneness | p. 16 |
| Arte poetica / Ars Poetica | p. 18 |
| Sistema sombrio / System of Gloom | p. 20 |
| El fantasma del buque de carga / The Phantom of the Cargo Ship | p. 22 |
| Significa sombras / It Means Shadows | p. 28 |
| From Residencia en la tierra, II (1935) | |
| Solo la muerte / Only Death | p. 32 |
| Barcarola / Barcarole | p. 36 |
| Walking around / Walking Around | p. 42 |
| Oda con un lamento / Ode With a Lament | p. 46 |
| Entrada a la madera / Entrance Into Wood | p. 50 |
| Vuelve el otono / Autumn Returns | p. 54 |
| No hay olvido (sonata) / There's No Forgetting (Sonata) | p. 58 |
| From Tercera residencia (1947) | |
| Explico algunas cosas / I Explain Some Things | p. 62 |
| From Canto general (1950) | |
| Alturas de Macchu Picchu / The Heights of Macchu Picchu | |
| Del aire al aire / From air to air | p. 68 |
| La poderosa muerte / Powerful death | p. 70 |
| Entonces en la escala / And then on the ladder | p. 74 |
| Sube conmigo / Climb up with me | p. 78 |
| Piedra en la piedra / Stone upon stone | p. 84 |
| A traves del confuso esplendor / Down through the blurred splendor | p. 88 |
| Sube a nacer conmigo / Rise up and be born with me | p. 90 |
| La United Fruit Co. / The United Fruit Co. | p. 94 |
| El Fugitivo XII: A todos, a vosotros / To everyone, to you | p. 98 |
| El gran oceano / The Great Ocean | p. 102 |
| From Los versos del capitan (1952) | |
| El alfarero / The Potter | p. 106 |
| From Odas elementales (1954) | |
| Oda a una castana en el suelo / Ode to a Chestnut On the Ground | p. 108 |
| Oda al libro (II) / Ode to the Book (II) | p. 114 |
| Oda a un reloj en la noche / Ode to a Watch In the Night | p. 122 |
| Oda al vino / Ode to Wine | p. 128 |
| From Estravagario (1958) | |
| Fabula de la sirena y los borrachos / The Fable of the Mermaid and the Drunkards | p. 134 |
| El gran mantel / The Great Tablecloth | p. 136 |
| From Cien sonetos de amor (1960) | |
| Plena mujer, manzana carnal / Full woman, carnal apple | p. 140 |
| No te amo como si fueras rosa / I don't love you as if you were a rose | p. 142 |
| From Plenos poderes (1962) | |
| Deber del poeta / The Poet's Obligation | p. 144 |
| La palabra / The word | p. 148 |
| El mar / The Sea | p. 154 |
| El pueblo / The People | p. 156 |
| From Memorial de Isla Negra (1964) | |
| La poesia / Poetry | p. 166 |
| Aquellas vidas / Those Lives | p. 170 |
| Pleno octubre / October Fullness | p. 174 |
| No hay pura luz / There Is No Clear Light | p. 178 |
| Insomnio / Insomnia | p. 182 |
| El futuro es espacio / The Future Is Space | p. 184 |
| From El mar y las campanas (posthumous) | |
| Si, camarada, es hora de jardin / Right, comrade, it's the hour of the garden | p. 188 |
| From Jardin de invierno (posthumous) | |
| El egoista / The Egoist | p. 192 |
| Jardin de invierno / Winter Garden | p. 196 |
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