A review by sarahreadsaverylot
Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda

4.0

These poems are like cherry-chocolate liqueurs. There is the sexy dark chocolate, but then there is the cloying sugary cherry core. Not for everyone. Luckily, this collection also has the occasional heady hit of liqueur that will catch the reader unawares. There is a dreamlike, sensual quality to these poems that will transport and seduce the imagination.
Also delightful is the bilingual aspect and the fact that Neruda himself oversaw the collection of these chronologically disparate works.
A thorough and comprehensive introduction to Neruda's poetry.