Neruda : the poet's calling

The Most Definitive Biography To Date Of The Poet Pablo Neruda, A Moving Portrait Of One Of The Most Intriguing And Influential Figures In Latin American History-- To Temuco -- Where The Rain Was Born -- Awkward Adolescence -- The Young Poet -- Bohemian Twilights -- Desperate Songs -- Dead Gallop -- Afar -- Opium And Marriage -- An Interlude -- Spain In The Heart -- Birth And Destruction -- I Picked A Road -- América -- Senator Neruda -- The Flight -- Exile And Matilde -- Matilde And Stalin -- Fully Empowered -- Triumph, Destruction, Death -- The Flowers That Sleep. Mark Eisner. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [527]-603) And Index. and his tumultuous, even controversial, personal life—forming a single cohesive narrative of intimacy and breadth.The fascinating events of Neruda’s life are interspersed with Eisner’s thoughtful examinations of the poems, both as works of art in their own right and as mirrors of Neruda’s life and times. "The most definitive biography to date of the poet Pablo Neruda, a moving portrait of one of the most intriguing and influential figures in Latin American history"-- Provided by publisher