Twenty love poems and a song of despair
/ Pablo Neruda ; translated by W.S. Merwin ; introduction by Cristina García ; illustrations by Jan Thomas Dicks
- San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books , 1993, 1969.
- 79 p. ; 19 cm.
Unequalled in their grace, earthiness, and evocation of sensual longing, the love poems of Pablo Neruda are perhaps the most lyrical and widely read of this century. A perennial best-seller since it was published in Chile nearly 70 years ago, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair is now offered for the first time in a beautiful gift edi-tion. A superb translation and striking, richly coloured illustrations make this an eloquent gift.