Description
This is pure Neruda at his prime, which is to say
The Separate Rose represents Pablo Neruda at the peak of his art, and William ODaly has done an important service by bringing it before American readers with such Bloomsbury Review
The coast of Easter Islandthe most isolated inhabited island in the worldis adorned with gigantic and miraculous stone statues. Neruda made a single pilgrimage to Easter Island during a poignant time in his lifehe was dying of cancer and taking his lifes inventory. Out of this journey grew a sequence of poems that alternate between Men and The Island, through which Neruda observes the latest remnants of the ancient world in direct opposition to modernity. With an introduction by William ODaly.
Author: Pablo Neruda
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 7.38h x 5.52w x 0.25d
ISBN: 9781556592256
Language: Spanish
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.