Love Poems by Pablo Neruda

Love Poems

$11.95
Sale price  $11.95 Regular price 
Skip to product information
Love Poems by Pablo Neruda

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Love Poems

$11.95
Sale price  $11.95 Regular price 
In stock

Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems caused a scandal when published anonymously in 1952. In later editions, these verses became the most celebrated of the Noble Prize winner's oeuvre, captivating readers with earthbound images that reveal in gentle lingering lines an erotic re-imagining of the world through the prism of a lover's body: "today our bodies became vast, they grew to the edge of the world / and rolled melting / into a single drop / of wax or meteor...." Written on the paradisal island of Capri, where Neruda "took refuge" in the arms of his lover Matilde Urrutia, Love Poems embraces the seascapes around them, saturating the images of endless shores and waves with a new, yearning eroticism. This wonderful book collects Neruda's most passionate verses.


Book Details
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN:
9780811217293
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
64
Authors:
Pablo Neruda
Published Date:
2008-01-01
Language:
English
Shipping

Ships directly to you from our US distribution partner. US delivery only.

Usually ships within 1–2 days.

Estimated total time for this book on its own:

  • Economy 4–10 days (usually about a week)
  • Expedited 3–7 days
  • Priority 2–6 days

Orders with more than one book may arrive in separate deliveries. Pre-orders always ship separately once the book is released.

Returns

We offer a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. To be eligible for a return, your item must be in the same condition that you received it: new, unworn or unused, and in its original packaging. See details on our Return & Refund policy.

About Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) was the pen name of Ricardo Eliécer Neftálí Reyes Basoalto, born in Parral, Chile. He published Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair) in 1924, at nineteen. His three-volume Residencia en la tierra appeared between 1933 and 1947, and the epic Canto General was published in 1950. Neruda served as a Chilean diplomat, was elected to the Senate in 1945, and belonged to the Communist Party of Chile. He received the Lenin Peace Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971.

If this information requires correction, please contact info@thepoetryshop.com.

You may also like

If any information on The Poetry Shop contains an error that requires correction, please contact info@thepoetryshop.com