Residence on Earth/Residencia en la Tierra (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: vienes volando, por las calles, las rosas (more...)

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Residence I: Adonic Angela [angela Adonica]
Residence I: Alliance (sonata) [alianza]
Residence I: Ars Poetica [arte Poetica]
Residence I: Burial In The East [entierro En El Este]
Residence I: Cold Work [trabajo Frio]
Residence I: Contradicted Communications
Residence I: Daily Mourner [diurno Doliento]
Residence I: Dead Gallop [galope Muerto]
Residence I: Dream Horse [caballo De Los Suenos]
Residence I: It Means Shadow [significa Sombras]
Residence I: Joachim's Absence [ausencia De Joaquin]
Residence I: Madrigal Written In Winter [escrito En Invierno
Residence I: Mat Monsoon [monzon De Mayo]
Residence I: Nocturnal Collection [coleccion Nocturna]
Residence I: Nocturnal Establishments
Residence I: Phantom [fantasma]
Residence I: Ritual Of My Legs [ritual De Mis Piernas]
Residence I: Serenade [serenata]
Residence I: Single Gentleman [caballlero Solo]
Residence I: Slow Lament [lamento Lento]
Residence I: Somber System [sistema Sombrio]
Residence I: Sonata And Destructions [sonata Y Destrucciones
Residence I: Songs [cantares]
Residence I: Taste [sabor]
Residence I: The Dawn's Debility [debil Del Alba]
Residence I: The Ghost Of The Cargo Boat
Residence I: The Night Of The Soldier
Residence I: The Uninhabited One [el Deshabitado]
Residence I: The Widower's Tango [tango Del Viudo]
Residence I: The Young Monarch [el Joven Monarca]
Residence I: Tyranny [tirania]
Residence I: Unity [unidad]
Residence I: We Together [juntos Nosotros]
Residence Ii: Alberto Rojas Jimenez Comes Flying
Residence Ii: Autumn Returns [vuelve El Otono]
Residence Ii: Barcarole [barcarola]
Residence Ii: Disaction [desespediente]
Residence Ii: Entrance To Wood [entrada A La Madera]
Residence Ii: Illness In My Home [enfermedades En Mi Casa]
Residence Ii: Josie Bliss
Residence Ii: Maternity [maternidad]
Residence Ii: Melancholy In The Families
Residence Ii: Nuptial Substance [material Nupcial]
Residence Ii: Ode To Federico Garcia Lorca
Residence Ii: Ode With A Lament [oda Con Un Lamento]
Residence Ii: One Day Stands Out [un Dia Sobresale]
Residence Ii: Only Death [solo La Muerte]
Residence Ii: Ordinance Of Wine [estatuto Del Vino]
Residence Ii: Sexual Water [agua Sexual]
Residence Ii: The Apogee Of Celery [apogeo Del Apio]
Residence Ii: The Clock Fallen Into The Sea
Residence Ii: The Destroyed Street [la Calle Destruida]
Residence Ii: The Disinterred One (count Of Villamediana)
Residence Ii: The Southern Ocean [el Sur Del Oceano]
Residence Ii: There Is No Oblivion (sonata)
Residence Ii: Three Material Songs [tres Cantos Materiales]
Residence Ii: Walking Around
Residence Iii: 7th Of November - Ode To A Day Of Victories
Residence Iii: A New Love Song To Stalingrad
Residence Iii: A Song For Bolivar [un Canto Para Bolivar]
Residence Iii: Alliance (sonata) [alianza]
Residence Iii: Born In The Woods [naciendo En Los Bosques]
Residence Iii: Brussels [bruselas]
Residence Iii: Furies And Sorrows [las Furias Y Las Penas]
Residence Iii: Harsh Elegy [dura Elegia]
Residence Iii: Meeting Under New Flags
Residence Iii: Song On Death & Resurrection Of Luis Companys
Residence Iii: Song To Stalingrad [canto A Stalingrado]
Residence Iii: Song To The Red Army At The Gates Of Prussia
Residence Iii: Song To The Rivers Of Germany
Residence Iii: Spain In Our Hearts [espana En El Corazon]
Residence Iii: The Abandoned One [el Abandonado]
Residence Iii: The Drowned Woman Of The Sky
Residence Iii: Tina Modotti Is Dead [ha Muerto]
Residence Iii: Waltz [vals]
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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Winner of the Nobel Prize --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation; Trade Paperback Edition edition (March 1973)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811204677
• ISBN-13: 978-0811204675
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of candid poems of emotion., May 15, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

Neruda delivers an uninhibited glimse at human emotions and panges of life in this collection of poems. Neruda jars the soul by explaining in simple verse, how tragic life can be. The reflections and odes collected in this work are a superb display of the skill Neruda has. Residence on Earth is a compilation of poetry from a mature poet who willfully takes risks, and carries through with beautiful prose. Nerudas candid emotional stylizations convince one of the feeling of being consumed by the poetry itself. Neruda is boundless in structure. The easy style allow for the reader to atempt to understand the abundant imagery and symbolism contained traditionally within Nerudas works. One must read this compilation, as one would consume a fine port wine, or richly decadent chocolate-with trepidation. Time to reflect and savor the splendor of this poet is most definately required.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here is honest poetry that everyone can enjoy, February 19, 2006

By	Eric Bryant "dissident librarian" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Residence on Earth (Paperback)

So many poets explore the conditions of the world, attempting to form them together into a theme or idea. Neruda takes the opposite tack, the course of the true dreamer; he takes themes and ideas and tries to form them together into a real world.

The paradox of Neruda is the earthy quality of so many of his poems combined with the idealistic imagery. Neruda was a common man living the life of a folk hero in his own mind, who by placing that life into poetry became a folk hero of substance. He captured the hearts and minds of an entire generation of Chileans, spanish-speaking peoples, and eventually the world. And for good reason. Neruda believes in the power of words. He is a master of image placed into language, a visionary linguist in every sense.

Unlike so many English and American poets, you don't need to be an expert on Greek mythology or on other poets to understand where Neruda is coming from. This is a poetry of the people, accessible to the many, and yet effective enough that it should melt even the most stodgy teacher of English lit.

The third section, written many years after the first two, explores many political themes, as opposed to the more personal images evoked in the first two sections. It's too bad, as I personally enjoy the first two a little more. But even so, it pointed towards new directions that Neruda would explore in his later, more mature works. Yet maturity or no, this is the Neruda that I found most eminently readable, most capable of evoking a sense of obscure appreciation that I can't quite put my finger on. Neruda's poetry is not always as specific as so many authors, and so allows the reader to weave the perfect amount of personal perspective into the story or vision being woven; the words and ideas here can be interacted with on an individual level, rather than simply accepted as good or bad. It's hard not to get carried away with yourself at times: to float above the linguistic quality of the words and forget that Neruda might, at times, be writing about something in particular.

Genuine yet beautiful and ethereal, Neruda stands on his own as one of the most innovative and evocative poets of the twentieth or any other century. And here is one of his greatest works.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, August 24, 2002

By	Pablo Morales (Delaware, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

Best surrealist poetry ever written in Spanish. Period.

Moreover...the third part where Neruda turns to his more political poetry is a good preview of what he will expand later in "canto General".

what else can be said about Neruda. He is a genius.