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Pablo Neruda

3.98 AVERAGE


3 stars for the enthusiastic passion, however, I feel some of the nuances are lost in the translation. If only I spoke Spanish!

Little book of gorgeous poems. A great introduction to Neruda, and very interesting to see the original text next to the translation.
reflective fast-paced
emotional inspiring fast-paced

I don't need to tell anyone that Neruda writes beautiful poetry. I wish that I was a fluent Spanish-speaker, because I feel that as beautiful as these poems are in English, they would be lovelier still when spoken as they were originally written. Individually, each poem in this collection is lovely - sensuous and fluid. I just found the compilation itself to be a bit repetitive.
emotional reflective slow-paced
emotional reflective medium-paced
emotional lighthearted fast-paced
emotional hopeful slow-paced

Pablo Neruda's poems never disappoint. They're imagistic, passionate, and intricate and such a joy to read.