Name: extravagaria
Price: 21.29 EUR
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Author: Neruda, Pablo ; Reid, Alastair
ISBN: 9780374512385

Type

Physical Book

Author

Pablo Neruda

Translated by

Alastair Reid

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN

0374512388

ISBN13

9780374512385

Synopsis "extravagaria"

Reflective later poems of the fiery, Nobel-Prize winning Chilean poet, with English translations and the original Spanish side-by-side on facing pages. While things are settling down, here I've left my testament, my shifting extravagaria, so whoever goes on reading itwill never take in anythingexcept the constant movingof a clear and bewildered man, a man rainy and happy, lively and autumn-minded. --from Autumn testament Extravagaria marks an important stage in Neruda's progress as a poet. The book was written just after he had returned to Chile after many wanderings and moved to his beloved Isla Negra on the Pacific coast. The collection celebrates this coming to rest, this rediscovery of the sea and the land, and the evolution of a a lyric poetry that is decidedly more personal than Neruda's earlier work. Written in what he called his autumnal period, the sixty-eight poems range from the wistful to the exultant, combining psalm and speculation, meditation and humorous aside.

Pablo Neruda

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Pablo Neruda (Parral, Chile, 1904 - Santiago, Chile, 1973), pseudonym of Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, was one of the most influential and recognized poets of the 20th century. His extensive work ranges from passionate romanticism to political and social poetry. Among his most celebrated books are Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, Canto General, and Residence on Earth. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971, his poetry has been translated into numerous languages and remains one of the most prominent voices in Latin American literature.

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