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Genre/Form: | Biografier |
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Named Person: | Pablo Neruda |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Eisner |
ISBN: | 9780062694201 0062694200 |
OCLC Number: | 1039093112 |
Description: | vi, 628 sider |
Contents: | Indhold: To Temuco ; Where the rain was born ; Awkward adolescence ; The young poet ; Bohemian twilights ; Desperate songs ; Dead gallop ; Afar ; Opium and marriage ; An interlude ; Spain in the heart ; Birth and destruction ; I picked a road ; América ; Senator Neruda ; The flight ; Exile and Matilde ; Matilde and Stalin ; Fully empowered ; Triumph, destruction, death ; The flowers that sleep |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"Perceptive readings of Neruda's poems are contextualized by an absorbing historical, cultural, and political chronology." - Kirkus Reviews"The comprehensive result examines Neruda's beloved poetry, political commitment, and roiling personal history to show how his art reflected his life and also stood on its own." - Library Journal"Efficient and moving... Eisner doesn't let the enchantment of the verse soften his disapproval of the poet's serial adultery or mistreatment of women, and questions Neruda's self-appointed "people's poet" status. Nevertheless, the thematic arc of Neruda's poetic vocation is invitingly presented. Meanwhile [Eisner's] descriptions are poetry themselves..." - Publishers Weekly"...brings alive Latin America's greatest poet...Empathetic but unflinching when occasion calls for criticism, Eisner weaves his subject's stanzas that resonate with the poet's personal stories. A real treat is the who's who of intellectual luminaries who make cameos throughout...A definitive biography and instant classic." - Library Journal (starred review)"Eisner succeeds in sharing the story of the 'People's Poet' and his life's many callings in this new standard-bearer among Neruda biographies." - Booklist Read more...

