| Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda Contributor(s): Neruda, Pablo (Author), Mitchell, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061733571 ISBN-13: 9780061733574 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: "Full Woman, Fleshly Apple, Hot Moon" features nearly 50 of Neruda's poems and brings them to life for a whole new generation of readers. Unlike most other anthologies of his work, this edition is bilingual, with Mitchell's translation faced by Neruda's original Spanish-language work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Love & Erotica |
| Dewey: 861 |
| LCCN: 96051664 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.53" W x 8.24" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The Nobel laureate's work is refreshingly accessible and unpretentious. He celebrates the joy and wonder of the ordinary and conveys it with confident, playful language. . . . [Mitchell's] love for this material is clear." -- Seattle Times The poetry of Pablo Neruda is beloved worldwide for its passion, humor, and exceptional accessibility. The nearly fifty poems selected for this collection and translated by Stephen Mitchell--widely praised for his original and definitive translations of spiritual writings and poetry--focus on Neruda's mature period, when the poet was in his fifties. A bilingual volume, with Neruda's original Spanish text facing Mitchell's English translation, brings Neruda's sensuous work to vibrant life for a whole new generation of readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mitchell, Stephen: - Stephen Mitchell's many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel. Neruda, Pablo: -Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), one of the most beloved poets of the twentieth century, was born in Parral, Chile. ?He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), uno de los poetas más renombrados del siglo veinte, nació en Parral, Chile. En 1950 compartió el Premio Internacional de la Paz con Paul Robeson y Pablo Picasso, y en 1971 fue galardonado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura. |