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`These are love letters as much as poems' --Roger Garfitt, Poetry Review
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Pablo Neruda wrote the poems in "Los versos del capitan" as a celebration of his love for his third wife, Matilde Urrutia - a love affair that is itself celebrated in the acclaimed film "Il Postino". Originally published anonymously in 1952 to spare his second wife's feelings, this bilingual edition is the book's first publication in Britain. Brian Cole's translations display all the qualities of vivid imagery, sensuousness, simplicity and passion for which Neruda's poetry is famous.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I picked up this book, never having read Neruda before, and expecting quite good poetry. I had to stop reading, after several poems; Pablo Neruda's love poetry was so intensely powerful that it overwhelmed my senses. He wrote brilliantly and passionately of the feelings of his soul, at once enthralling yet brutally candid. You suffered along him, you loved the woman he loved. The verses he wrote express the ineffable and indescribable. And the earthly images he creates are potent, almost too potent. His poetry fills your senses and enwraps your soul.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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From the first words to the last, I found this the most astonishing of works. Neruda captures the true essence of intense feeling. He brings your heart up to the heights and then pulls you down. Such power and passion. A true geneous. If you want a book that moves you, get his.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This is a fabulous dual-language collection of some of the most sensual, passionate poems written in modern times. Whether he imagines himself as an insect making a journey "from your hips to your feet", traveling to distant places with his beloved by his side, or as a soldier who must leave but whose love will "go on singing until the end of life", Neruda writes with exquisite simplicity, and great beauty.
I find this to be the most accessible of Neruda's books that I have read, perhaps because its subject was a central part of his life. As explained in the introduction of the book, these poems are autobiographical, and written about his wife, Matilde Urrutia. First published anonymously in 1952, they were released in 1963 under his own name, but only after much thought, because of their "intimate birth".
The translations by Donald D. Walsh are superb. He has captured the fluid rhythm, the emotion, and the fire.
He was fortunate to have had this remarkable relationship, as well as the ability to express his feelings with such uncommon depth, but for those men who lack Neruda's poetic genius, and who would like to melt the heart of the woman they love, this might be the perfect gift to go along with that bunch of flowers.
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Love poetry of purest gold....
This volume of Neruda's poetry is a celebration of his love for Matilde Urrutia; the story of which is told in the film Il Postino. Read more
Published 4 months ago by LittleMoon
Haunting, moving and profound
Devoted to his lover Matilde Urrutia and published 14 years before these celestial lovers were married, this collection is breathtaking. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2009 by Spilsbury
Deep!!
I was never one for Poetry but this book has really opened my mind. Can't get enough of it that I went and bought two more books of Pablo. Absolutely brilliant!!!
Published on 16 May 2009 by Don Juan
Very profound and deep.
It made me remember how strongly I felt for my true love. Neruda is fiercely passionate and enchanting. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 1999
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