I Explain a Few Things
02 October 2007Synopsis
"Laughter is the language of the soul," Pablo Neruda said. Among the most lasting voices of the most tumultuous (in his own words, "the saddest") century, a witness and a chronicler of its most decisive events, he is the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry and one of Latin America's most revered writers, the emblem of the engaged...
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02 October 2007
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“There is something about Neruda--about the way he glorifies experience, about the spontaneity and directness of his passion--that sets him apart from other poets . . . He is among the small group of last century's great poets.” —Mark Strand, The New Yorker on The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
“The most comprehensive single volume in English of a marvelous, inexhaustible and humane Latin-American poet, one of the 20th century's radiant lights.” —Edward Hirsch, The Washington Post Book World, on The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
