Review (PDF) Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda
Featured on NPR's "All Things Considered.""A literary event of universal importance."—The Guardian"The earliest poem in the collection dates to 1956, and several are love poems, a form Neruda was famous for."—The New York Times"This new volume will be a labor of love for the publisher and a joy for readers everywhere."—Library Journal"This brief visit with Neruda ends all too soon, yet reminds one why his work still matters."—The Washington PostPablo Neruda's lost poems—recently discovered in his archive to the delight of readers and scholars—comprise this remarkable and essential volume.Originally composed on napkins, playbills, receipts, and notebooks, Neruda's lost poems are full of eros and heartache, complex wordplay and deep wonder. Presented with the Spanish text, full-color reproductions of handwritten poems, and dynamic English translations, Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda simultaneously completes and advances the oeuvre of the world's most beloved poet.Crossing the sky I nearthe red ray of your hair.Of earth and wheat I am and as I close-inyour fire kindles itselfinside me and the rocksand flour ignite.That's why my heartexpands and risesinto bread for your mouth to devour,and my blood is wine poured for you.You and I are the land with its fruit.Bread, fire, blood and winemake up the earthly love that sears us. Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) is one of the world's most beloved and best-selling poets. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.Translator Forrest Gander teaches at Brown University and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press (May 3, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1556594941
ISBN-13: 978-1556594946
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.7 x 9.1 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Neruda is one of the most powerful poets ever. These haven't been published in English since the 1960's, but some say they've never been translated. I've read them in Spanish only. They are excellent Neruda.Copper Canyon press has put out many collections of Neruda, this is just as fine as their many others.It has full-color, exact copies of Pablo Neruda’s handwritten poems in Spanish and translations in English.Anyone who has come to appreciate Pablo Neruda's works should pick these up.Example of Pablo Neruda's work:Enigmas You've asked me what the lobster is weaving there withhis golden feet?I reply, the ocean knows this.You say, what is the ascidia waiting for in its transparentbell? What is it waiting for?I tell you it is waiting for time, like you.You ask me whom the Macrocystis alga hugs in its arms?Study, study it, at a certain hour, in a certain sea I know.You question me about the wicked tusk of the narwhal,and I reply by describinghow the sea unicorn with the harpoon in it dies.You enquire about the kingfisher's feathers,which tremble in the pure springs of the southern tides?Or you've found in the cards a new question touching onthe crystal architectureof the sea anemone, and you'll deal that to me now?You want to understand the electric nature of the oceanspines?The armored stalactite that breaks as it walks?The hook of the angler fish, the music stretched outin the deep places like a thread in the water?
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