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Mitchell has selected nearly 50 poems for this collection, which focuses on Neruda's mature period, beginning with Elemental Odes, published when he was 50 years old, and ending with \"Full Powers, \" published when he was 58. The volume is bilingual, with Neruda's original Spanish text facing Mitchell's English translation. \u003cp\u003e Excerpt from \"Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon\": \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Full woman, fleshly apple, hot moon, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e thick smell of seaweed, crushed mud and light, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e what obscure brilliance opens between your columns? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What ancient night does a man touch with his senses? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Loving is a journey with water and with stars, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e with smothered air and abrupt storms of flour: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Loving is a clash of lightning-bolts \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and two bodies defeated by a single drop of honey.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pablo NerudaStephen Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793332371498,"sku":"9780061733574","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/full-woman-fleshly-apple-hot-moon-selected-poems-of-pablo-neruda-4125139.jpg?v=1762150527"},{"product_id":"another-america-otra-america","title":"Another America\/Otra America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a bestselling and beloved author, an intensely personal collection of poetry \"rich with political and human resonance\"\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003cb\u003eUrsula K. 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