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The most popular work by Chile''s Nobel Prize-winning poet, and the subject ofPablo Larraín''s acclaimed feature film Neruda starringGael García Bernal

A Penguin Classic

When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin?s incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition with an introduction by Cristina Garcia, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

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    A Paperback / softback by Pablo Neruda, W. S. Merwin, Cristina García

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 December 2006
      ISBN-13 9780143039969
      978-0143039969
      ISBN-10 0143039962
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      Poetry Books by Pablo Neruda

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The most popular work by Chile''s Nobel Prize-winning poet, and the subject ofPablo Larraín''s acclaimed feature film Neruda starringGael García Bernal

      A Penguin Classic

      When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin?s incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition with an introduction by Cristina Garcia, this book stands as an essential collection that continues to inspire lovers and poets around the world.

      For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

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