Canto General by Pablo Neruda
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated by Mariela Griffor. Pablo Neruda's epic poem CANTO GENERAL is a prodigious work that scrolls out like the chronicle of a journey through the Americas. In his most audacious and ambitious achievement, Neruda depicts history as a vast, continuous struggle against oppression. Constructed in fifteen parts, and made up of more than fifteen thousand lines, CANTO GENERAL unfolds in successive epochs, celebrating the flora and fauna and geology of Neruda's homeland and recounting episodes in the lives of explorers and conquistadors, emperors and dictators, revolutionaries and everyday laborers. Here is CANTO GENERAL seen afresh, the breathtaking beauty of Neruda's poetry fully revealed in English, with a new translation for the twenty-first century.Mariela Griffor's] introduction alone offers interesting reading. But in the text itself, the translator also makes Neruda's verses sing for the reader.Consider the beauty of the single line in the same opening section: 'All is silence made of water and wind' (21). Though beautiful in Neruda's Todo es silencio de agua y viento, the alliteration in English makes it even more wonderful.Griffor serves up her reader dozens and dozens of such gorgeous lines, stanzas, and poems 'transcreated' from Neruda and her work is truly worth serious attention from the reader.--Don Cellini
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9788437609300 |
| ISBN 10 | 8437609305 |
| Title | Canto General |
| Author | Pablo Neruda |
| Series | Letras Hispanicas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ediciones Catedra S.A. |
| Year published | 1990-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 655 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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