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    Odes to Common Things

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    by Pablo Neruda, Ferris Cook (Illustrator), Ferris Cook (Other), Ken Krabbenhoft (Other)


    Hardcover

    (Bilingual)

    $26.00
    $26.00

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    • ISBN-13: 9780821220801
    • Publisher: Bulfinch
    • Publication date: 05/01/1994
    • Edition description: Bilingual
    • Pages: 152
    • Sales rank: 66,686
    • Product dimensions: 6.37(w) x 9.37(h) x 1.00(d)

    The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) is among the best-known, most widely read poets of the 20th century. Neruda won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. More than 35 volumes of his work are presently available in English. Ferris Cook created Remembered Gardens for Bulfinch Press (Spring 1993). She is an illustrator, editor, and writer with two other garden volumes to her credit. Ken Krabbenhoft is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Literature at NYUniversity (and Ferris Cook's husband).

    Brief Biography

    Date of Birth:
    July 12, 1904
    Date of Death:
    September 23, 1973
    Place of Birth:
    Parral, Chile
    Place of Death:
    Santiago, Chile
    Education:
    University of Chile, Santiago

    Table of Contents

    Ode to things11
    Ode to the table19
    Ode to the chair23
    Ode to the bed29
    Ode to the guitar33
    Ode to a violin in California39
    Ode to the dog45
    Ode to the cat51
    Ode to some yellow flowers57
    Ode to a cluster of violets59
    Ode to the gillyflower63
    Ode to a bar of soap69
    Ode to a pair of socks75
    Ode to the dictionary81
    Ode to a pair of scissors89
    Ode to a box of tea97
    Ode to the spoon101
    Ode to the plate107
    Ode to the orange111
    Ode to the apple117
    Ode to bread121
    Ode to the artichoke129
    Ode to the onion135
    Ode to the tomato141
    Ode to French fries147
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    A bilingual collection of 25 newly translated odes by the century's greatest Spanish-language poet, each accompanied by a pair of exquisite pencil drawings. From bread and soap to a bed and a box of tea, the "odes to common things" collected here conjure up the essence of their subjects clearly and wondrously. 50 b&w illustrations.

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