num_pages: 208
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.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: The Captain's Verses: Los Versos del Capitan
titlecomplete: The Captain's Verses: Los Versos del Capitan
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Romance, Latin American Literature, Classics, Literature, Nobel Prize, 20th Century
ratings_count: 8485
publisher: Anvil Press Poetry