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Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones

Title
Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones / Pablo Neruda ; illustrated by / ilustrado por Paloma Valdivia ; translated by / traducido por Sara Lissa Paulson.
Author
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973
Publication
  • Brooklyn : Enchanted Lion Books, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Valdivia, Paloma
  • Paulson, Sara Lissa
Description
80 unnumbered pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
  • Esta edición bilingüe español-inglés es la primera selección completamente ilustrada del «Libro de las Preguntas». Compuesto por 70 preguntas de las 320 originales, estos poemas, cuidadosamente entretejidos por tema e ilustraciones a toda página, nos invitan a maravillarnos con el mundo natural y los innumerables misterios que contiene. «El Libro de las Preguntas», escrito por el querido poeta chileno y ganador del Premio Nobel Neruda, se completó pocos meses antes de su muerte en 1973, y es su última gran obra poética. A su vez lírico y cósmico, onírico y absurdo, paradójico y lúdico, cada una de estas preguntas sin respuesta nos pide que dejemos de lado la certeza y la restricción y nos entremos en la inmensidad de lo desconocido. Con acertijos como «¿Dónde está el centro del mar? / ¿Por qué las olas no rompen allí?» y «¿Cómo llamas a una flor / que revolotea de pájaro en pájaro?», Neruda nos inspira a desentrañar nuestras suposiciones y repensar nuestra relación con la naturaleza. La única respuesta que seguramente surgirá de estas preguntas es una observación y una reflexión más cercanas sobre el mundo en el que vivimos, y un sentido renovado de curiosidad y asombro por nuestro universo compartido.
  • "This Spanish-English bilingual edition is the first fully illustrated selection of Book of Questions: comprising 70 questions of the original 320, these poems, carefully woven together by theme and accompanying full-page illustrations, invite us to wonder at the natural world and the myriad mysteries it contains. "Book of Questions," written by beloved Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Neruda, was completed just months before his death in 1973, and is his last great work of poetry. By turns lyrical and cosmic, dreamlike and nonsensical, paradoxical and playful, each of these unanswerable questions asks us to set aside certainty and constraint and to enter into the vastness of the unknown. With riddles like "Where is the center of the sea? / Why don't waves break there?" and "What do you call a flower / that flits from bird to bird?", Neruda inspires us to unravel our assumptions and re-envision our relationship to nature. The only answer that is sure to arise from these questions is a closer observation of and reflection on the world in which we live, and a renewed sense of curiosity and wonder at our shared universe"--
Uniform Title
Libro de las preguntas. English
Alternative Title
  • Libro de las preguntas.
  • Libro de las preguntas
Subject
  • Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973
  • Children's poetry, Chilean
  • Bilingual books
  • Neruda, Pablo > Traducciones al Inglés
  • Poesía
  • Libros bilingües
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / Hispanic & Latino
  • Bilingual books
  • Children's poetry, Chilean
  • Poesía infantil > Literatura juvenil
  • Spanish language > Reading materials
Genre/Form
  • Children's stories.
  • poetry.
  • picture books.
  • Picture books
  • Juvenile works
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Poetry.
  • Translations
  • Picture books.
  • Poésie.
  • Livres d'images.
Note
  • Fold-out pages.
  • Abridged and illustrated version of Libro de las Preguntas (1974) aimed at younger audiences.
  • With a clear acetate jacket with striking green lettering (an homage to Neruda’s affinity for writing in green ink, which he saw as the color of hope), this edition contains six magnificent gatefold spreads that lift to reveal more questions and expanded illustrations, inviting readers into deeper and deeper reflection.
Audience (note)
  • Ages 6-14.
  • Grades 2-3.
Language (note)
  • Parallel texts in English and Spanish.
Call Number
JFG 23-209
ISBN
  • 9781592703227
  • 1592703224
LCCN
2022011118
OCLC
1306333342
Author
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973, author.
Title
Book of questions : selections = Libro de las preguntas : selecciones / Pablo Neruda ; illustrated by / ilustrado por Paloma Valdivia ; translated by / traducido por Sara Lissa Paulson.
Publisher
Brooklyn : Enchanted Lion Books, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Audience
Ages 6-14. Enchanted Lion Books.
Grades 2-3. Enchanted Lion Books.
Language
Parallel texts in English and Spanish.
Added Author
Valdivia, Paloma, illustrator.
Paulson, Sara Lissa, translator.
Abridgement of (expression): Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Libro de las preguntas.
Container of (expression): Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Libro de las preguntas. Selections.
Container of (expression): Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Libro de las preguntas. Selections. English.
Research Call Number
JFG 23-209
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