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The classic memoir of the Nobel Prize-winning poet, now expanded with newly discovered material

The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize

MEMOIRS is as full of Neruda's passionate, volatile and profoundly generous personality as lovers of his poetry would expect. Lorca, Vallejo, Picasso, Gandhi, Mao Tse-tung, Castro and Allende all appear here too, making Neruda's a life story of truly universal reach and significance,... Read Full Overview

Neruda's memoirs begin with his childhood spent in the south of Chile and retrace his student days in Santiago. He recalls his sojourn as Chilean consul in Burma, Ceylon and Java, and relives the Spanish Civil War and the murder of Garcia Lorca, an event that turned him into... Read Full Overview

Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda presents a chronicle of his time, a testimony to his experiences, a portrait of his circle of friends and contemporaries, and an indispensable spiritual guide to his best poems.

MEMOIRS is as full of Neruda's passionate, volatile and profoundly generous personality as lovers of his poetry would expect. Lorca, Vallejo, Picasso, Gandhi, Mao Tse-tung, Castro and Allende all appear here too, making Neruda's a life story of truly universal reach and significance,... Read Full Overview