Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair: Dual Language Edition (Penguin Classics)
by Pablo Neruda
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Author: Pablo NerudaIntroduction: Cristina Garcia
Translator: W.S. Merwin
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2006-12-26
ISBN: 0143039962
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Seasons of Love
Summary: 3 Stars
"Clasping my arms like a climbing plant
the leaves garnered your voice, that was slow and at peace.
Bonfire of awe in which my thirst was burning.
Sweet blue hyacinth twisted over my soul."
(from "I Remember You As You Were")
After watching "The Postman" I became interested in purchasing my first book of Pablo Neruda's poems. Needless to say I went into the experience with very high expectations.
The poems are awash with nature images and much less erotic than I expected. Most seem more romantic and at times captivating. They do demand your full attention as they present vivid images one after the other and reading the poems more slowly has many advantages. At times I was surprised by their complexity.
"The moon turns its clockwork dream.
The biggest stars look at me with your eyes.
And as I love you, the pines in the wind
want to sing your name with their leaves of wire."
(from "Here I Love You")
Throughout the book there are illustrations by Pablo Picasso. They don't really seem to mirror the meanings in the poems and yet they seem to express the language of the body.
I expected the poems to be less veiled in mystery and more infused with images of erotic love. Still these poems can be enjoyed for their passionate intimacy and natural sensuality.
~The Rebecca Review
Summary of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair: Dual Language Edition (Penguin Classics)
The Nobel Prize?winning poet?s most popular workWhen 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, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world.
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