17 January 2021
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin's incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition with an introduction by Cristina Garcia, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world.
The most popular work by Chile's Nobel Prize-winning poet, and the subject of Pablo Larraín's acclaimed feature film Neruda starring Gael García Bernal.
| Title | : | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| ISBN | : | 9780143039969 |
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