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# Global literary acclaim Bilingual edition Expert translations The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition)

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the soul of Neruda—bilingual poetry that speaks across time and tongues.

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- **What is this?** The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition)
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## Key Features

- • **Bilingual Brilliance:** Experience Neruda’s poetry in both Spanish and English, perfect for language lovers and cultural connoisseurs alike.
- • **Collector’s Quality:** Used book in good condition—own a piece of literary history without compromising quality or value.
- • **Masterful Translations:** Featuring work by renowned translators, this edition brings fresh, authentic voices to Neruda’s timeless verses.
- • **Curated Essential Collection:** Handpicked poems spanning Neruda’s diverse styles and themes, offering a definitive introduction to his oeuvre.
- • **Critically Acclaimed Bestseller:** Ranked top in Latin American poetry categories with a stellar 4.8-star rating from nearly 1,000 readers.

## Overview

The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) is a carefully curated collection of Pablo Neruda’s most significant poems, presented in both Spanish and English. Translated by a team of acclaimed poets and scholars, this edition offers fresh, authentic interpretations alongside previously untranslated works. Highly rated and ranked among the top Latin American poetry books, it’s an indispensable volume for both new readers and longtime admirers seeking a definitive Neruda experience.

## Description

This bilingual collection of Neruda's most essential poems is indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's various styles and themes. An impressive group of translators that includes Alistair Reid, Stephen Mitchell, Robert Hass, Stephen Kessler and Jack Hirschman, have come together to revisit or completely retranslate the poems; and a handful of previously untranslated works are included as well. This selection sets the standard for a general, high-quality introduction to Neruda's complete oeuvre. "... The Essential Neruda will prove to be, for most readers, the best introduction to Neruda available in English. In fact, I can think of few other books that have given me so much delight so easily. "-- The Austin Chronicle "This book is a must-have for any reader interested in a definitive sampling of the most essential poems by one whom many consider one of the best poets of the 20th century."-- Mike Nobles, Tulsa World "A splendid way to begin a love affair with our Pablo or, having already succumbed to his infinite charms, revisit him passionately again and again and yet again."-- Ariel Dorfman, author of Death and the Maiden "The editors and translators know how to extract gold from a lifetime of prolific writing. If you want a handy Neruda companion and don't know where to begin, this is it."-- The Bloomsbury Review

Review: Good book, good translation, and in good condition too, - Excellent edition of Neruda's poems in both Spanish and English. Thank you, Goodwill, for your excellent service in providing us with books in good condition.
Review: A New Translation - "I became saturated with his poetry and began to translate his poems. Although there were many beautiful existing translations, many others did not flow as I felt they should and I often had interpretive differences with them." ~ Mark Eisner, translator "The Essential Neruda Selected Poems" is the best translation I've read so far. The words are alive with beauty in a way that feels authentic to the heart. You can immerse yourself in the poems and emerge with a sense of wonder. "Leaning into the evenings I throw my sad nets to your ocean eyes." Mark Eisner has captured the soul of Pablo Neruda's art and perhaps even enhanced the creative majesty of each poem. At times the poems can make you feel a little breathless as if you have happened upon a new discovery or secret revelation. "And the air came in with orange-blossom fingers over all those asleep: a thousand years of air, months, weeks of air, of blue wind, of iron cordillera, that were like soft hurricanes of footsteps polishing the lonely boundary of the stone." The imagery is at times so vivid, as if you were transported to each scene. Pictures flash across your mind and you can almost catch the scent of the ocean or see the colors vivid and pure. Angels and death dance through the poems with equal ease and at times the words are heavenly or earthy and dark. "Full woman, carnal apple, hot moon, thick smell of seaweed, crushed mud and light, what obscure clarity opens between your columns? What ancient night does man touch with his senses?" If you are new to the poems of Pablo Neruda then this would be an excellent place to start. The poems present many facets of the poet unlike other books that simply reveal his romantic nature. While I seem to enjoy his love poems best, I can say that this experience gives a more wide-ranging portrait of Pablo Neruda. ~The Rebecca Review

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #69,115 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in Caribbean & Latin American Literary Criticism (Books) #12 in Spanish Poetry (Books) #13 in Caribbean & Latin American Poetry (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 999 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good book, good translation, and in good condition too,
*by C***Z on February 21, 2026*

Excellent edition of Neruda's poems in both Spanish and English. Thank you, Goodwill, for your excellent service in providing us with books in good condition.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A New Translation
*by T***W on November 3, 2007*

"I became saturated with his poetry and began to translate his poems. Although there were many beautiful existing translations, many others did not flow as I felt they should and I often had interpretive differences with them." ~ Mark Eisner, translator "The Essential Neruda Selected Poems" is the best translation I've read so far. The words are alive with beauty in a way that feels authentic to the heart. You can immerse yourself in the poems and emerge with a sense of wonder. "Leaning into the evenings I throw my sad nets to your ocean eyes." Mark Eisner has captured the soul of Pablo Neruda's art and perhaps even enhanced the creative majesty of each poem. At times the poems can make you feel a little breathless as if you have happened upon a new discovery or secret revelation. "And the air came in with orange-blossom fingers over all those asleep: a thousand years of air, months, weeks of air, of blue wind, of iron cordillera, that were like soft hurricanes of footsteps polishing the lonely boundary of the stone." The imagery is at times so vivid, as if you were transported to each scene. Pictures flash across your mind and you can almost catch the scent of the ocean or see the colors vivid and pure. Angels and death dance through the poems with equal ease and at times the words are heavenly or earthy and dark. "Full woman, carnal apple, hot moon, thick smell of seaweed, crushed mud and light, what obscure clarity opens between your columns? What ancient night does man touch with his senses?" If you are new to the poems of Pablo Neruda then this would be an excellent place to start. The poems present many facets of the poet unlike other books that simply reveal his romantic nature. While I seem to enjoy his love poems best, I can say that this experience gives a more wide-ranging portrait of Pablo Neruda. ~The Rebecca Review

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent, but ...
*by J***N on May 26, 2026*

Excellent collection of poetry. I greatly appreciate the Spanish originals and drawing parallels between translations. However, I’d have added a few more poems and perhaps dropped some of the less “popular” ones. But I’m speaking out of my preference. Nonetheless, it’s a recommended read worth the cost.

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