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.







Hello, Mr Whale!
Swansea Automatic
Steep Tea
Words the Turtle Taught Me
Ten Poems of Kindness
New and Selected Poems, Volume Two
Footnotes to Water
The Lover's Pinch
Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith