
The Book of Questions
Pablo Neruda(Author)
Copper Canyon Press
Published on 9. January 2024
Book
Hardback
102 pages
978-1-55659-681-0 (ISBN)
Description
In The Book of Questions, Pablo Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed entirely of unanswerable couplets, the poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. Whether comic, surreal, or Orphic, Neruda's poignant questions lead the reader beyond reason into realms of sudden intuition and pure imagination.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 7 to 18 years, Interest Age: From 5 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55659-681-0 (9781556596810)
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Persons
Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old, and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924). Pablo Neruda is often considered the national poet of Chile, and his works have been popular and influential worldwide. The Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez once called him "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language.