| Residence On Earth Contributor(s): Neruda, Pablo (Author), Walsh, Donald D. (Author), Walsh, Donald D. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811215814 ISBN-13: 9780811215817 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pablo Neruda's birth, New Directions is pleased to announce the reissue of two of his classic works in timeless translations: Residence on Earth and The Captain's Verses, both translated by Donald D. Walsh and fully bilingual. Residence on Earth is perhaps Neruda's greatest work. Upon its publication in 1973, this bilingual publication instantly became "a revolution... a classic by which masterpieces are judged" (Review). "In Residence on Earth," wrote Amado Alonso, "the tornado of fury will no longer pass without lingering, because it will be identified with [Neruda's] heart." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 861 |
| LCCN: 2003028143 |
| Series: New Directions Paperbook |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.90 lbs) 366 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pablo Neruda's birth, New Directions is pleased to announce the reissue of a classic work in a timeless translation by Donald D. Walsh and fully bilingual. Residence on Earth is perhaps Neruda's greatest work. Upon its publication in 1973, this bilingual publication instantly became a revolution... a classic by which masterpieces are judged (Review). In Residence on Earth, wrote Amado Alonso, the tornado of fury will no longer pass without lingering, because it will be identified with [Neruda's] heart. |
Contributor Bio(s): Neruda, Pablo: - Pablo Neruda was born in 1904 in the town of Parral in Chile. He received numerous prestigious awards for his work, including the International Peace Prize in 1950, the Lenin Peace Prize and the Stalin Peace Prize in 1953. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two years later he died of leukemia in Santiago, Chile. |