Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

by Pablo Neruda

Love, desire, and loss in a bilingual Neruda classic

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Love, desire, and loss in a bilingual Neruda classic

First published in 1924, this collection brings together twenty poems of love alongside a final poem shaped by despair. Its imagery links erotic desire to the natural world, while the sequence holds youthful passion beside grief and separation. Pablo Neruda’s early work is presented here with corrected Spanish texts and W. S. Merwin’s English translations on facing pages, making the relationship between original and translation part of the edition’s design. Twelve sketches by Pablo Picasso and an introduction by Cristina García add further context to this Penguin Classics volume.

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Readers interested in Pablo Neruda’s early poetry
Bilingual readers who want Spanish originals alongside English translations
Poetry readers exploring love, desire, grief, and nature imagery

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Love and desireGrief and desolationNature and eroticismYouthful passionTranslation and bilingual reading

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Discover the poetry that ignites Grace and Hudson's love story!

Body of my woman, persistent in your grace. My thirst, an endless desire, my unsure path!

First published in Chile in 1924 by a then-unknown young poet named Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair became the seminal poetry to inspire a generation to believe in love. Endlessly romantic, deep in its yearning, and groundbreakingly inspiring, this new translation, beautifully repackaged for today's teen audience, is a must-have collectible of a timeless classic.

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