Pablo Neruda

PABLO NERUDA (Chile, 1904 - 1973).
"20 poemas de amor y una canción desesperada", 2nd edition, 1961.
Publisher: Losada, Buenos Aires.
With illustrations (one color plate and 21 b/w drawings) by Raúl Soldi. A solid finish on the best paper for this great classic of Spanish poetry.
Measurements: 23 x 16 cm.
Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada is one of the most famous and influential works of poetry in the Spanish language. Originally published in 1924, when Pablo Neruda was barely twenty years old, the book quickly became a benchmark of love poetry of the twentieth century and one of the most widely distributed publications of Spanish-American literature.
The present edition, published in 1961, testifies to the extraordinary validity and popularity of a work that, decades after its appearance, continued to be the subject of continuous reissues. In its pages, Neruda explores the universal emotions of love, desire, passion, absence and loss through a language of intense musicality and great evocative force. Nature, the sea, the night, the wind, the forests and the stars, acquires a fundamental role, becoming a reflection of the poet's emotional states.
The book combines romantic sensibility with innovative poetic images that anticipate some of the most characteristic features of Nerudian writing. Poems such as those in this collection have become part of the universal literary imagination, being read and admired by generations of readers around the world.
Considered one of the summits of contemporary love poetry, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair marked the beginning of Neruda's international recognition and remains one of the most emblematic works of Spanish-American literature. This 1961 edition is a valuable testimony to the dissemination and permanence of a book that occupies an essential place in the history of 20th century poetry.