Research Catalog

Title

I explain a few things : selected poems / Pablo Neruda ; edited by Ilan Stavans ; translators, Robert Bly ... [et al.].

Author

Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973

Publication

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stavans, Ilan
• Bly, Robert
• Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973.

Description

xx, 359 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"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<U+2019>s most revered writers, the emblem of the engaged poet, an artist whose heart, always with the people, is literally consumed by passion. His work, oscillating from epic meditations on politics and history to intimate reflections on animals, food, and everyday objects, is filled with humor and affection. This bilingual selection of more than fifty of Neruda<U+2019>s best poems, edited and with an introduction by the distinguished Latin American scholar Ilan Stavans and brilliantly translated by an array of well-known poets, also includes some poems previously unavailable in English. I Explain a Few Things distills the poet<U+2019>s brilliance to its most essential and illuminates Neruda<U+2019>s commitment to using the pen as a calibrator for his age. (Publisher).

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections. English & Spanish

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

• Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973 > Translations into English
• 1900-1999
• Chilean poetry > 20th century

Genre/Form

Translations

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Ilan Stavans -- From Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair = Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada (1923-1924) -- From Residence on Earth = Residencia en la tierra (1925-1935) -- From Third Residence = Tercera residencia (1934-1945) -- From Canto General = Canto general (1938-1949) -- From The Captain's Verses = Los versos del capitán (1951-1952) -- From Elemental Odes = Odas elementales (1952-1954) -- From New Elemental Odes = Nuevas odas elementales (1955) -- From Third Book of Odes = Tercer libro de odas (1955-1957) -- From Extravagaria = Estravagario (1957-1958) -- From Navigations and Returns = Navegaciones y regresos (1957-1959) -- From One Hundred Love Sonnets = Cien sonetos de amor (1957-1959) -- From Fully Empowered = Plenos poderes (1961-1962) -- From Isla Negra = Memorial de Isla Negra (1962-1964) -- From Art of Birds = Arte de pájaros (1962-1965) -- From The Hands of Day = Las manos del día (1967-1968) -- From World's End = Fin del mundo (1968-1969) -- From Winter Garden = Jardín de invierno (1971-1973) -- From Selected Failings = Defectos escogidos (1971-1973) -- Acknowledgments -- Index of first lines.

ISBN

• 9780374260798 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0374260796 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006039101

OCLC

• 76801784
• SCSB-11991843

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library