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Published by Random House 2012-02-02, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 0099561298ISBN 13: 9780099561293
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG|SPA.
Published by Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence, 1990
ISBN 10: 0395544181ISBN 13: 9780395544181
Book
Paperback. Condition: New. In his long life as a poet, Pablo Neruda succeeded in becoming what many poets have aspired to but never achieved: a public voice, a voice not just for the people of his country but for his entire continent. Widely translated, he probably reached more readers than any poet in history; justly so, for, as he often said, his 'poet's obligation' was to become a voice for all those who had no voice, an aspiration that stemmed from his long-time commitment to the communist faith. Born in 1904 in the rainy south of Chile, he enjoyed from an early age the luck of attention. One of his first books, Twenty Love Poems, became a bible for lovers in the Spanish language, and confirmed him in his poet's vocation. At the same time he pursued a lifelong career as a diplomat, serving in a series of consular posts in the Far East and Europe. In 1971, while serving as Chilean ambassador to France, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. In a famous essay, 'On Impure Poetry,' Neruda calls for 'a poetry as impure as old clothes, as a body with its foodstains and its shame, with wrinkles, observations, dreams, wakefulness, prophesies, declarations of love and hate, stupidities, shocks, idylls, political beliefs, negations, doubts, affirmations, and taxes.'.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with original dust-jacket. No notes or highlights. Former owner's name on inside flyleaf. Dust-jacket has a few small chips along edges.
Published by Delacorte Press, New York, 1972
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6 x 9.25in. 509pp. Publisher's cloth boards. VERY GOOD in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. Shows the top and fore-edge with marginal discoloration, a light scuff of one edge, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain bright and distinct. The dust jacket shows the slightest hint of tanning of the spine, price-clipped, otherwise remains bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
Published by Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, New York, 1972
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hans Ehrmann (Author's Photo); Paul Bacon (illustrator). 1st Edition. First printing of the stated first American edition. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning along upper front fold, else fine. A superb copy of the 1971 Nobel Prize recipient's most comprehensive, English collection of his poetry.