Odes to Opposites

by Neruda, Pablo; Krabbenhoft, Ken; Cook, Ferris

• ISBN13: 9780821222270
• ISBN10: 0821222279
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-10-31
• Publisher: Bulfinch

Summary

"Second impressive collection of Neruda's Odes by skilled team of translator Krabbenhoft and artist Ferris Cook whose fine pencil drawings add a third 'dimension' to the bilingual format. Intriguing selection of 11 pairs of Odes with opposing themes. Contrasting illustrations for each pair"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/A collection of never-before-translated poems by one of the great poets of the century, features two pencil illustrations for each poem, and includes the original Spanish poem opposite each translation

Author Biography

The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) is among the best-known, most widely read poets of the twentieth century. Neruda won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. More than thirty-five (35) volumes of his work are presently available in English. Ferris Cook created Remembered Gardens and the prequel to this book, Odes to Common Things, for Bulfinch Press. She is an illustrator, editor, and writer with two other garden volumes to her credit. Ferris Cook's husband, Ken Krabbenhoft, is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Literature at New York University.

Table of Contents

Ode to the present	p. 11
Ode to future time	p. 17
Ode to enchanted light	p. 21
Ode to nighttime	p. 23
Ode to fall	p. 29
Ode to spring	p. 37
Ode to a morning in Brazil	p. 47
Ode to a morning in Stockholm	p. 53
Ode to clouds	p. 57
Ode to waves	p. 65
Ode to fire	p. 69
Ode to rain	p. 79
Ode to peace and quiet	p. 89
Ode to restlessness	p. 95
Ode to solitude	p. 99
Ode to energy	p. 105
Ode to thanks	p. 113
Ode to envy	p. 117
Ode to my joy	p. 127
Ode about my sorrows	p. 135
Ode to a secret love	p. 139
To my duties	p. 147
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