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Sensual, earthy love poems that formed the basis for the popular movie Il Postino, now in a beautiful gift book perfect for weddings, Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or just to say “I love you!”
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.
Publisher : New Directions; Bilingual edition (January 17, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 64 pages
ISBN-10 : 0811217299
ISBN-13 : 978-0811217293
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 4.1 x 0.3 x 6 inches
Customers say
Customers find the Spanish/English translations fabulous and appealing. They describe the cover design as beautiful and sublime. Readers say the book is inexpensive and a great buy. They also say it’s a perfect romantic gift and has some of the most classic love poems.
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