Isla Negra

by Pablo Neruda, Dennis Maloney (Editor)

Overview

Few writers are as integrally bound to a place as Pablo Neruda was to the landscape of Isla Negra on Chile’s coast. From his arrival there in the late 1930s to his death in 1973, Neruda captured Isla Negra in images fundamental to an understanding of his work. It was, according to Martin Espada, at Isla Negra where Neruda "in the company of his muse, walked alongside the source of his most lyrical inspiration, the sea...and discovered a new way of seeing, as the ocean became a living metaphor for the infinite riches of the world." The poems, selected from three volumes of Neruda’s work, are presented with photographs of Neruda and his house in an attractive gift format.

Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda , who died in 1973, remains one of the most influential voices in world literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781893996076
Publisher:	White Pine Press
Publication date:	11/01/2000
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	816,654
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) is regarded by many as one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. Born in rural Chile he moved to the capital, Santiago, and published his first book in 1923. During the 20s and 30s he served as a diplomat and was ambassador to Spain at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. This event profoundly changed his writing style to one of addressing social and political concerns. He returned to Chile in 1938 but spent many years in exile due to political conditions. Neruda won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1971. Dennis Maloney is a poet, translator,and landscape architect. His books of translation include The House In the Sand and Isla Negra by pablo Neruda, The Naked Women by Juan Ramon Jimenez, and There is No Road: Proverbs of Antonio Machado.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1904

Date of Death:

September 23, 1973

Place of Birth:

Parral, Chile

Place of Death:

Santiago, Chile

Education:

University of Chile, Santiago

Table of Contents

	The House in the Sand
	The Sea	11
	The Key	12
	The Agates	13
	The House	14
	The People	15
	The Names	16
	The Medusa I	17
	The Anchor	19
	Love for This Book	20
	The Stones of Chile
	Some Words for a Book of Stone	25
	History	26
	The Bull	28
	The Dead Sailor	29
	The Shipwrecked	30
	Solitudes	32
	Stones of Chile	34
	House	36
	The Blind Statue	37
	Ox	39
	The Harp	40
	Theater of the Gods	41
	The Lion	43
	I Will Return	45
	The Great Stone Table	46
	Where the Thirsty Fell	47
	The Portrait in the Rock	49
	The Ship	50
	The Rugged Ship	52
	The Creation	53
	The Tomb of Victor Hugo on Isla Negra	54
	The Three Ducklings	56
	The Turtle	59
	The Heart of Stone	61
	Air in the Stone	64
	To a Wrinkled Boulder	65
	The Stones and the Birds	67
	To the Traveler	69
	The Tender Bulk	70
	Bird	71
	Stones for Maria	72
	Antarctic Stones	76
	Nothing More	77
	Seaquake
	Seaquake	81
	The Picoroco	83
	Seaweed	84
	The Sea Urchin	84
	Starfish	85
	Shells	85
	Shells	85
	Crayfish	86
	Conch Shell	86
	Seal	87
	Anemone	87
	Jaiva	88
	The Bronze Dolphin	88
	Octopus	89
	Sun of the Sea	89
	Swordfish	90
	Fish Market	91
	Farewell to the Offerings of the Sea	92
	The Author	95
	The Translators	96