Residence on Earth (Residencia en la Tierra)

by Pablo Neruda, Donald D. Walsh, Donald D. Walsh (Translator), Jim Harrison (Introduction)

Overview

New Directions celebrates the Pablo Neruda Centennial.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pablo Neruda's birth, New Directions is pleased to announce the reissue of a classic work in a timeless translation by Donald D. Walsh and fully bilingual. Residence on Earth is perhaps Neruda's greatest work. Upon its publication in 1973, this bilingual publication instantly became "a revolution... a classic by which masterpieces are judged" (Review). "In Residence on Earth," wrote Amado Alonso, "the tornado of fury will no longer pass without lingering, because it will be identified with [Neruda's] heart."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811215817
Publisher:	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publication date:	06/19/2004
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	366
Sales rank:	179,603
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Pablo Neruda was born in 1904 in the town of Parral in Chile. He received numerous prestigious awards for his work, including the International Peace Prize in 1950, the Lenin Peace Prize and the Stalin Peace Prize in 1953. In 1971, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two years later he died of leukemia in Santiago, Chile.

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

	Introduction	xi
Residencia I	Residence I (1925-31)
I
	Galope muerto / Dead Gallop	2
	Alianza (Sonata) / Alliance (Sonata)	6
	Caballo de los suenos / Dream Horse	8
	Debil del alba / The Dawn's Debility	12
	Unidad / Unity	14
	Sabor / Taste	16
	Ausencia de Joaquin / Joachim's Absence	18
	Madrigal escrito en invierno / Madrigal Written in Winter	20
	Fantasma / Phantom	22
	Lamento lento / Slow Lament	24
	Coleccion nocturna / Nocturnal Collection	26
	Juntos nosotros / We Together	32
	Tirania / Tyranny	36
	Serenata / Serenade	38
	Diurno doliente / Daily Mourner	40
	Monzon de mayo / May Monsoon	44
	Arte poetica / Ars Poetica	46
	Sistema sombrio / Somber System	48
	Angela adonica / Adonic Angela	50
	Sonata y destrucciones / Sonata and Destructions	52
II
	La noche del soldado / The Night of the Soldier	54
	Communicaciones desmentidas / Contradicted Communications	58
	El deshabitado / The Uninhabited One	60
	El joven monarca / The Young Monarch	62
	Establecimientos nocturnos / Nocturnal Establishments	64
	Entierro en el este / Burial in the East	66
III
	Cabellero solo / Single Gentleman	68
	Ritual de mis piernas / Ritual of My Legs	72
	El fantasma del buque de carga / The Ghost of the Cargo Boat	78
	Tango del viudo / The Widower's Tango	84
IV
	Cantares / Songs	88
	Trabajo frio / Cold Work	90
	Significa sombras / It Means Shadows	92
Residencia II	Residence II (1931-35)
I
	Un dia sobresale / One Day Stands Out	96
	Solo la muerte / Only Death	102
	Barcarola / Barcarole	106
	El sur del oceano / The Southern Ocean	112
II
	Walking Around / Walking Around	118
	Desespediente / Disaction	122
	La calle destruida / The Destroyed Street	126
	Melancolia en las familias / Melancholy in the Families	130
	Maternidad / Maternity	134
	Enfermedades en mi casa / Illnesses in My Home	138
III
	Oda con un lamento / Ode with a Lament	142
	Material nupcial / Nuptial Substance	146
	Agua sexual / Sexual Water	150
IV	Tres cantos materiales / Three Material Songs	154
	Entrada a la madera / Entrance to Wood	154
	Apogeo del apio / The Apogee of Celery	158
	Estatuto del vino / Ordinance of Wine	162
V
	Oda a Federico Garcia Lorca / Ode to Federico Garcia Lorca	170
	Alberto Rojas Jimenez viene volando / Alberto Rojas Jimenez Comes Flying	180
	El desenterrado / The Disinterred One	188
VI
	El reloj caido en el mar / The Clock Fallen into the Sea	194
	Vuelve el otono / Autumn Returns	198
	No hay olvido (Sonata) / There Is No Oblivion (Sonata)	202
	Josie Bliss / Josie Bliss	206
	Tercera Residencia / Third Residence (1935-1945)
I
	La ahogada del cielo / The Drowned Woman of the Sky	212
	Alianza (Sonata) / Alliance (Sonata)	214
	Vals / Waltz	218
	Bruselas / Brussels	220
	El abandonado / The Abandoned One	222
	Naciendo en los bosques / Born in the Woods	226
II	Las furias y las penas / Furies and Sorrows	230
III	Reunion bajo las nuevas banderas / Meeting Under New Flags	244
IV	Espana en el corazon / Spain In Our Hearts	248
	Invocacion / Invocation	248
	Bombardeo Maldicion / Bombardment Curse	248
	Espana pobre por culpa de los ricos / Spain Poor Through the Fault of the Rich	250
	La tradicion / Tradition	252
	Madrid (1936) / Madrid (1936)	252
	Explico algunas cosas / I Explain a Few Things	254
	Canto a las madres de los milicianos muertos / Song for the Mothers of Slain Militiamen	260
	Como era Espana / What Spain Was Like	264
	Llegada a Madrid de La Brigada Internacional / Arrival in Madrid of the International Brigade	270
	Batalla del rio Jarama / Battle of the Jarama River	274
	Almeria / Almeria	276
	Tierras ofendidas / Offended Lands	278
	Sanjurjo en los infiernos / Sanjurjo in Hell	280
	Mola en los infiernos / Mola in Hell	282
	El general Franco en los infiernos / General Franco in Hell	282
	Canto sobre unas ruinas / Song about Some Ruins	286
	La victoria de las armas del pueblo / The Victory of the Arms of the People	290
	Los gremios en el frente / The Unions at the Front	290
	Triunfo / Triumph	292
	Paisaje despues de una batalla / Landscape After a Battle	292
	Antitanquistas / Antitankers	294
	Madrid (1937) / Madrid (1937)	296
	Oda solar al Ejercito del Pueblo / Solar Ode to the Army of the People	302
V
	Canto a Stalingrado / Song to Stalingrad	308
	Nuevo canto de amor a Stalingrado / A New Love Song to Stalingrad	314
	Tina Modotti ha muerto / Tina Modotti Is Dead	324
	7 de noviembre: Oda a un dia de victorias / 7th of November: Ode to a Day of Victories	328
	Un canto para Bolivar / A Song for Bolivar	334
	Canto a los rios de Alemania / Song to the Rivers of Germany	338
	Canto en la muerte y resurreccion de Luis Companys / Song on the Death and Resurrection of Luis Companys	344
	Dura elegia / Harsh Elegy	348
	Canto al ejercito rojo a su llegada a las puertas de Prusia / Song to the Red Army on Its Arrival at the Gates of Prussia	354
	Translator's Note	361
	Index of Titles	364

Editorial Reviews

One of the greatest major poets of the twentieth century.

The New York Times Book Review

It is hard not to be swept away by the urgency of his language, and that’s especially so when he seems swept away.

The New Yorker

The greatest poet of the twentieth century—in any language.

Gabriel Garcia Márquez