Five Decades: Poems 1925-1970
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This bilingual volume is the definitive collection of the poetry of Pablo Neruda, the 1971 Nobel Prize winner and one of the most profoundly influential poets of the twentieth century. His love poems are earthy and transcendent, and his political poems are the work of a man as incisive, impassioned, and ferociously intelligent as he was sensual. Ben Belitt has drawn the 138 selections in Five Decades from all of Neruda's major works, including the early volumes Residence on Earth, General Song, Elemental Odes, Voyages and Homecomings, Book of Vagaries, A Hundred Love Sonnets, Black Island Memorial, and the later The Hands of Day, World's End, and Skystones.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0802130356
ISBN13:9780802130358
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Grove Press
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.17 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.5" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Great Quality
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 8 years ago
Amazing poetry and great quality. Beautiful.
Belitt's translations poems unto themselves
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Ben Beliit is a poet. He is also a translator. When he translated Neruda's poetry, he was not only bringing the poetry to life in English, but also creating new poetry as well. Belitt adheres not only to the rules of translation but also to the rules of poetry. Literal translations are fine, but new poems created from one language to another are priceless.
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