Author: NERUDA, PABLO
Title: THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU.
Description: London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. Reissued in this format. Paperback, 21,5cmx13,5cm, Good condition /Cover in color, Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Preface by Robert Pring-Mill. Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) was a Chilean poet, born Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (in full, Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. 'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is the finest and most famous of Neruda's longer poems and provides the key to his earlier work. It was inspired by his journey to Macchu Picchu, the Peruvian Inca city high in the Andes. Neruda's journey takes on all the symbolic qualities of a personal 'venture into the interior' as the poem progresses, exploring both the roots of the poet's identity and the history of Latin America. This translation has been rendered by the distinquished poet Nathaniel Tarn and is presented in a bilingual edition, with the Spanish and English texts on facing pages. 47 pag.

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