Extravagaria: A Bilingual Edition [Paperback]

Pablo Neruda (Author), Alastair Reid (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2001

Extravagaria marks an important stage in Neruda's progress as a poet. The book was written just after he had returned to Chile after many wanderings and moved to his beloved Isla Negra on the Pacific coast. These sixty-eight poems thus denote a resting point, a rediscovery of sea and land, and an "autumnal period" (as the poet himself called it). In this book, Neruda developed a lyric poetry decidedly more personal than his earlier work.

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"A smart little book that one can happily welcome into the family and allow to start growing old." --Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 1st edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374512388
• ISBN-13: 978-0374512385
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #779,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pablo Neruda is regarded as the greatest Latin American poet of the 20th century. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, his breadth of vision and wide range of themes are extraordinary, and his work continues to inspire new generations of writers.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching this world and the next and loving and hating both, August 28, 1999

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This review is from: Extravagaria (Texas Pan American Series) (Spanish and English Edition) (Paperback)

Pablo touched me as no poet that I have read in the last 25 years. His lines particularly sees the world with wisened eyes, writen in his later days. He embraces his past occationally crushing it with bittersweet energy. At the same time he looks forward to rest and what's next. He never stopped Becoming, as Sarte would say, through the years. "Her" declares the need and joy of loving and working life together with his spouse. "Larnyx" chills with news from the doctor that all of humanity dreads.

The spanish on the facing page lets one glimpse at hidden meanings, reaching back for our Spanish 101 or Elementary Latin, a treat. If you buy one poetry book this year, this should be the one. If you are silver haired, as I, then this is the poetry of the decade for you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE MOST PROLIFIC AND INFLUENTIAL POET OF SPANISH LANGUAGE., May 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Extravagaria (Texas Pan American Series) (Spanish and English Edition) (Paperback)

One of the most interesting books I have ever read. It taught me that there's poetry in every movement we make and every moment we live.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, January 10, 2005

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Maria Kristha J. Mercado "mkmercado" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Extravagaria: A Bilingual Edition (Paperback)

A wonderful collection of Naruda's work. There is a sense of settling down in these collection of his work that is really quite beautiful. I also find Alastair Reid's translation more beautiful than others I've seen. The original spanish text on the opposite page is also nice and handy to have.