Isla Negra: A Notebook / A Bilingual Edition [Paperback]

Pablo Neruda (Author), Alastair Reid (Translator), Enrico M. Santí (Afterword)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1982

In the over one hundred poems contained in Isla Negra, Pablo Neruda fashioned a kind of poetic autobiography in which he set out to explore and gather the various "lives" or "selves" he had left behind him in the huge span of his writing existence. Written in his "autumnal" period, from the vantage point of Isla Negra, the small village on the Pacific coast of Chile which he came to regard as the center of his world, the book reads like a series of notes in which present and past interact, and is perhaps the most self-confronting of all his collections.

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

About the Author

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-73) received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (December 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374517347
• ISBN-13: 978-0374517342
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,437,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff. Why is it not available?, January 24, 2000

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This review is from: Isla Negra: A Notebook / A Bilingual Edition (Paperback)

I just purchased this book of poetry. Wonderful stuff! Exquisite translation. Why is it no longer available? I keep this in the same place as my collection of Elliot poems. But these are warmer, deeply personal reflections of a life. It is like walking through a man's memories while he tells you what each one meant to him.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant, March 13, 2001

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This review is from: Isla Negra (Paperback)

there are not enough words for this book. enticing and mesmerizing, Neruda remains to me one of the greatest lovers of life. An acute observer of surroundings, a revolutionary, a lover, a man of the world and of the senses. this book is a whirlwind of poetical autobiographical moments and what a wonder it is. recommended to be read quietly and in an atmosphere undisturbed.

a masterpiece.