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Poetry · 2003 · PG

Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

by Pablo Neruda

The love poems that made Neruda famous at twenty — erotic, longing, and immortal.

Brilliant English translation of beloved poems by Pablo Neruda, who is the subject of the film Neruda starring Gael García Bernal and directed by Pablo Larraín A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with French flaps First published in 1924, Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada remains among Pablo Neruda’s most popular work. Daringly metaphorical and sensuous, this collection juxtaposes youthful passion with the desolation of grief. Drawn from the poet’s most intimate and personal associations, the poems combine eroticism and the natural world with the influence of expressionism and the

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Violence

None

No violence

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

Some

Erotic love poetry; intimate but not crude

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Barely any

Themes of desire, absence, and the body of the beloved

What this book is about

Neruda's 1924 debut collection, written when he was nineteen. Intense romantic and erotic love poetry. Some explicit erotic content; appropriate for older teens and adults.

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Erotic poetry

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