Description
Pablo Neruda wrote the poems in Los versos del capitán as a celebration of his love for his third wife, Matilde Urrutia – a love affair that is itself celebrated in the acclaimed film Il Postino. Originally published anonymously in 1952 to spare his second wife’s feelings, this bilingual edition is the book’s first publication in Britain. Brian Cole’s translations display all the qualities of vivid imagery, sensuousness, simplicity and passion for which Neruda’s poetry is famous.







Words the Turtle Taught Me
Counting Backwards
Somewhere Else Entirely
Book of Mercy
Dog Poems
Ten Pre-Raphaelite Poems
101 Poems About Childhood
Room On The Broom
Being Alive
Insistence
Steep Tea
Pretend You Don't Know Me
Spiritlands
New and Selected Poems. Volume One
Gruffalo Spring and Summer Nature Trail
I Don't Like Poetry
Half-Finished Heaven: Selected Poems
Hotspur
An Ocean of Static
This Is Yarrow
States of Happiness
Ten Poems of Happiness
Milk and Honey