The Captain's Verses (Los versos del Capitan) (New Directions Paperbook)

About this book

A classic poetry book in a masterful bilingual edition Long before he received the 1971 Nobel Prize Pablo Neruda had attained worldwide recognition as one of the most important figures in contemporary poetry. A fiery poet of leftist politics he was also a fiery poet of love. This translation of "The Captains Verses" is a major achievement in the genre of love poetry. Neruda originally published the book anonymously some years before he married Matilde Urrutia to whom he had addressed these poems of passionate devotion as well as loves quarrels. The first "acknowledged" edition appeared in 1963. In this collection the Chilean poets brilliant images are expressed with remarkable directness and simplicity. Donald D. Walshs translations are presented with the original Spanish verse en face.