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"The greatest poet of the twentieth century in any language."
--Gabriel Garc a M rquez, of Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda's epic poem Canto General is a prodigious work that scrolls out like the chronicle of a journey through the Americas. In his most audacious and ambitious... Read Full Overview

Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

Neruda was a kind of King Midas. Everything he touched turned to poetry, says Gabriel Garc a M rquez, who also considers the Chilean Nobel laureate "the greatest poet of the twentieth century, in any language." The Fragrance of Guava, 1983]... Read Full Overview

The Canto General , thought by many of Neruda's most prominent critics to be the poet's masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.

El Canto General es un poema ordenado en 15 cantos, 231 poemas y mas de quince mil versos.compuesto durante 13 anos, desde Espana hasta su exilio en Mexico, donde aparece por primera vez. Obra tremendamente ambiciosa, pretende ser una cronica o enciclopedia de toda Hispanoamerica... Read Full Overview

Neruda's masterpiece epic poem about the history of a continent and its people.