Pablo Neruda: A Passion for Life by Adam Feinstein

Pablo Neruda:  A Passion for Life by Adam Feinstein is a 497-page softcover published in 2004 by Bloomsbury.  The book is in good original condition.  Light tanning around the page edges. Book Summary More than 30 years after Pablo Neruda's death, his poetry continues to be read all over the world. His range is vast, from the lyricism of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair to the epic grandeur of the Canto General. Few Nobel laureates have enjoyed such enduring popularity. In this first authoritative biography to appear in English, Adam Feinstein draws on revealing interviews with the poet's closest friends, acquaintances, and surviving relatives, as well as newly discovered documents. He follows Neruda's life from a sickly childhood in Chile to political engagement and literary fame, until his death in 1973, within days of the coup that brought Pinochet to power. This biography is the first full and lively portrait of the man whose dramatic times, dynamic poetry, commitment to soc