| Spain in Our Hearts: Espana En El Corazon Contributor(s): Neruda, Pablo (Author), Walsh, Donald D. (Author), Walsh, Donald D. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 081121642X ISBN-13: 9780811216425 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: Neruda's epic hymn against fascism, "Spain in Our Hearts," now available in this pocket Bibelot edition. In 1936, Pablo Neruda was Chile's consul in Madrid, and so horrified by the civil war and the murder of his friend, Federico Garcia Lorca, that he started writing what became his most politically passionate series of poems, "Spain in Our Hearts," The collection was printed by soldiers on the front lines of the war, and later incorporated into the third volume of Neruda's revolutionary collection, "Residence on Earth," This bilingual New Directions Bibelot edition presents "Spain in Our Hearts" as a single book as it was first published, a tribute to Neruda's everlasting spirit. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Death, Grief, Loss |
| Dewey: 861.62 |
| LCCN: 2005023640 |
| Series: New Directions Bibelot |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 4.82" W x 6.94" (0.17 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1936, Pablo Neruda was Chile's consul in Madrid, and so horrified by the civil war and the murder of his friend, Federico Garcia Lorca, that he started writing what became his most politically passionate series of poems, Spain in Our Hearts. The collection was printed by soldiers on the front lines of the war, and later incorporated into the third volume of Neruda's revolutionary collection, Residence on Earth. This bilingual New Directions Bibelot edition presents Spain in Our Hearts as a single book as it was first published, a tribute to Neruda's everlasting spirit. |
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. |