--- product_id: 228172 title: "The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition)" price: "R487" currency: ZAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/228172-the-essential-neruda-selected-poems-bilingual-edition store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # 4.7/5 rating from nearly 1,000 readers Top 10 in Latin American & Spanish poetry charts Bilingual edition for dual-language mastery The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) **Price:** R487 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the soul of Neruda—bilingual brilliance that speaks to your heart and intellect. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) - **How much does it cost?** R487 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/228172-the-essential-neruda-selected-poems-bilingual-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Award-Winning Bestseller:** Ranked top 10 in Caribbean & Latin American poetry, this collection is a must-have for literary trendsetters. - • **Dive into Dual Languages:** Experience Neruda’s poetry in both Spanish and English, perfect for bilingual professionals and cultural connoisseurs. - • **A Rich Tapestry of Themes:** From passionate love to social justice, explore the full spectrum of Neruda’s poetic genius in one essential volume. - • **Critically Acclaimed Translations:** Mark Eisner’s fresh, authentic translations bring new life to Neruda’s timeless verses, making every poem a vivid journey. - • **Collector’s Quality, Used Condition:** Good condition with free shipping—own a piece of literary history without compromise. ## Overview The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) offers expertly translated, dual-language access to Pablo Neruda’s most celebrated works. With a 4.7-star rating from nearly 1,000 readers and top rankings in Latin American and Spanish poetry categories, this used book in good condition is a prized collection for anyone seeking to deepen their literary and cultural fluency. ## Description The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) [Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner, Robert Hass, Stephen Mitchell, Alastair Reid, Forrest Gander, Stephen Kessler, John Felstiner, Jack Hirschman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) 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 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #27,343 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Caribbean & Latin American Literary Criticism (Books) #4 in Spanish Poetry (Books) #5 in Caribbean & Latin American Poetry (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (995) | | Dimensions | 5.51 x 0.71 x 8.39 inches | | Edition | Bilingual | | ISBN-10 | 0872864286 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0872864283 | | Item Weight | 10.5 ounces | | Language | Spanish | | Print length | 200 pages | | Publication date | April 1, 2004 | | Publisher | City Lights Publishers | ## Images ![The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems (Bilingual Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jjK28tkXL.jpg) ## 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 ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ DAVID SOUL BROUGHT ME TO THIS *by M***N on April 10, 2022* I am still a David Soul/Hutch/Starsky & Hutch fan, so I joined a couple S&H fan groups on FACEBOOK. I learned that David Soul was doing a recitation of the works of Pablo Neruda, and in lieu of the event, he was doing a reading of seven of his poems, one each day, leading up to that event. Those readings were so good, and the poems were so awesome, that I had to find and purchase some of the works by the author. I'm glad I did. They are good!! 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