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The Heights of Macchu Picchu

Title
The Heights of Macchu Picchu / Pablo Neruda ; translated by Tomás Q. Morín.
Author
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973
Publication
Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, 2015.

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Additional Authors
Morín, Tomás Q.
Description
xiv, 51 pages; 20 cm
Summary
""The most important poet of the twentieth century-in any language."-Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is a poem of ascension. In its final passages, Neruda's poetry jumps from a personal hope to a global one; from a poetry dealing with the poet's heart to a poetry centered on humanity's struggles."-BBC "The Heights of Machu Picchu" has been called Pablo Neruda's greatest contribution to poetry-a search for the "indestructible, imperishable life" in all things. Inspired by his journey to the ancient ruins, Neruda calls the lost Incan civilization to "rise up and be born," and also empowers the people of his time. This new translation by poet Tomás Q. Morín includes an introduction by Morín and Neruda's Spanish original.I stare at the clothes and hands, the carvings of water in a sonorous hollow, the wall rubbed smooth by the touch of a face that with my eyes gazed at the earthly lights, that with my hands oiled the vanished planks: because everything, clothes, skin, dishes, words, wine, breads, went away, fell to the earth. Pablo Neruda (1904-73), one of the world's most beloved poets, was also a diplomat and member of the Chilean Senate. In 1970 he was appointed as Chile's ambassador to France; in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Tomás Q. Morín is a poet and translator and teaches at Texas State University."--
Uniform Title
Alturas de Macchu Picchu. English
Alternative Title
Alturas de Macchu Picchu.
Subject
Call Number
JFD 15-562
ISBN
  • 9781556594441 (paperback)
  • 1556594445 (paperback)
LCCN
2014027885
OCLC
875253239
Author
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973, author.
Title
The Heights of Macchu Picchu / Pablo Neruda ; translated by Tomás Q. Morín.
Publisher
Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Morín, Tomás Q., translator.
Research Call Number
JFD 15-562
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