100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series)

Against the backdrop of Isla Negra - the sea and wind, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wild flowers, the hot sun and salty smells of the Pacific - Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda sets these joyfully sensual poems in celebration of his love. The subject of that love: Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, the poet's "beloved wife." As popular in the Hispanic world as the poet's renowned Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, One Hundred Love Sonnets has never before been published in its entirety in English translation. The reason for this astonishing neglect may lie in the historical circumstances that surrounded Neruda's "discovery " by English-speaking readers. In the United States he came to popularity during the turmoil of the sixties, when Americans needed a politically committed poet, and much of Neruda's canon answered that need. But, in his native Chile and throughout Latin America, Neruda has always been cherished as dearly for the earthly sensuality and eroticism of his love poetry as for his statements of political belief. To know this work, then is to understand the poet's art more thoroughly. This bilingual edition of One Hundred Love Sonnets reproduces the text of the 1959 Spanish original en face with Stephen Tapscott's graceful English translation. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-19-2009; 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series) (Spanish Edition); This was a Valentine's day gift for a significant other who has taught himself Spanish. I appreciated that the book had both the English and Spanish version of each poem on facing pages. That is a great learning tool. It is also great...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-22-2008; Can i just say..; that this book ranks #4 on my top10 favorite books list. And yes, i have a favorite book list.Guess what my number one is.... =]; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-02-2008; Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets; This is a beautifully crafted book. If you want to impress your wife, leave one of these love poems on her pillow. A Sure Hit!; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-01-2008; Tapscott's liberties; Am reading through Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets for a second time. A lot of the Amazon customer reviews for this book mentioned that the translator, Stephen Tapscott, produced English versions laden with inaccuracies and liberties and...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-19-2009; 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor (Texas Pan American Series) (Spanish Edition); This was a Valentine's day gift for a significant other who has taught himself Spanish. I appreciated that the book had both the English and Spanish version of each poem on facing pages. That is a great learning tool. It is also great...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-30-2004; Magnificent Neruda......; I have been an avid lover of Neruda's work for ten years now. The first book of collected works I read by the glorious exhiled poet from Chile was "5 Decades," which I polished off in 48 hours. I was a twelve year old Neruda fiend from...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-25-2006; A poor translation; Neruda is great, no doubt about it. He even shines through in places here, despite these clunky and artless translations of his beautiful poems. If you really want to read a translation which retains Neruda's passion, try W.S. Merwin ....; read full review | report as inappropriate