The Essential Neruda

by Neruda, Pablo

• ISBN13: 9780872864283
• ISBN10: 0872864286
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Distribution

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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