Pablo Neruda published this collection in 1924, when he was nineteen. Twenty short poems of desire and memory, drawn from relationships with two women, are followed by a final song of despair. The poems use the sea, the land, and the body as images and move from tenderness to loss. The well-known Poem 20 opens with the line about writing the saddest verses tonight. Neruda's language is direct and sensual, and the book became one of the most widely read volumes of poetry in Spanish.
It suits anyone who wants to start reading Neruda or poetry in general. Readers who like romantic verse about longing and heartbreak will find lines they may want to underline.
Deep, inward-looking and contemplative; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Mindful Reader. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Tomo
- ISBN
- 9789706660718
- Language
- ES
