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The sound of ships'' bells, sea waves, and migratory birds fuel Neruda''s longing to retreat from life''s noisy busyness. Stripped to essentials, these poems are some of the last Neruda ever wrote, as he pulled "one dream out of another." Includes the final lovesong to his wife, written in the past tense: "It was beautiful to live / When you lived!" Bilingual with introduction.

"Deeply personal, expansive, and universal... majestic and understated beauty."—Publishers Weekly

The Sea and the Bells

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    A Paperback / softback by Pablo Neruda, William O'Daly

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      Publisher: Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/02/2002
      ISBN13: 9781556591624, 978-1556591624
      ISBN10: 1556591624

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The sound of ships'' bells, sea waves, and migratory birds fuel Neruda''s longing to retreat from life''s noisy busyness. Stripped to essentials, these poems are some of the last Neruda ever wrote, as he pulled "one dream out of another." Includes the final lovesong to his wife, written in the past tense: "It was beautiful to live / When you lived!" Bilingual with introduction.

      "Deeply personal, expansive, and universal... majestic and understated beauty."—Publishers Weekly

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