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.







On Love and Barley - Haiku of Basho
Languages
What Rhymes with Sneeze?
The First Poems in English (Penguin Classics)
Selected Poetry
The Tamarit Poems
States of Happiness
Floss
Get Out Of My Bath!
New and Selected Poems. Volume One