Book of twilight by Pablo Neruda and translated by William O’Daly

This is poetry from Chile.

Book of twilight by Pablo Neruda translated by William O’Daly is published by Copper Canyon Press. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2017.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781556593987E12.

Pablo Neruda’s Book of Twilight, translated by William O’Daly, returns readers to an early Neruda, before the full public magnitude of the later poet takes over. Twilight is the right atmosphere for these poems: transitional, moody, young, romantic, and already reaching toward the sensuous expansiveness that would become central to his work. O’Daly’s translation situates the book within Copper Canyon’s sustained project of bringing Neruda’s poetry into English, and the result is valuable for readers who want to see the beginnings of a voice rather than only the monument. The poems may not carry the full force of Neruda’s mature political and elemental modes, but they show the first weather gathering. Book of Twilight is a book of dusk, apprenticeship, desire, and atmosphere, where the poet is still learning how large his own song might become.

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