A review by rian501
Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda by Pablo Neruda

4.0

3.5 stars. Making this the first Neruda I ever read was not my brightest decision, but this book grew on me, too, as I read it. I found the commentary later, which sort of illuminated the poetry (although mostly it described where the poems were found, which is nice to know, especially if you are a fan). I picked up another book of Neruda's odes because I just like the notion that he wrote odes to things ranging from "Time" and "Sadness" to "a Large Tuna in the Market."
This particular book, however, was not the best introduction. It does contain some poems I liked especially, and they are numbers 7, 18, and 20, 7 being the poem from which the book's title is drawn.