Sublime blue: selected early odes of Pablo Neruda

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A translation of Pablo Neruda's early collections of odes, this book features poems that are addressed to hope and to gloom, to numbers and to the atom, to blue flowers and to artichokes. Reflecting the lucent, candid vitality driving Neruda's charming accounts, these poems celebrate things big and the small: even lamentations become commemorations. Compassionately amused one moment then sobered by injustice and supportive of resistance the next, this bilingual compilation will appeal to fans of one of the 20th century's most popular poets.;"Our Bread and Our Dream" (El hombre invisible) -- The Invisible Man (Oda a la alcahofa) -- Ode to the Artichoke (Oda al átomo) -- Ode to the Atom (Oda a la esperanza) -- Ode to Hope (Oda a la flor azul) -- Ode to the Blue Flower (Oda a la intranquilidad) -- Ode to Restlessness (Oda a la malvenida) -- Ode to the Unwelcome One (Oda a los números) -- Ode to Numbers (Oda a los poetas populares) -- Ode to the Poets of the People (Oda a la tristeza) -- Ode to Gloom (Oda a la pobreza) -- Ode to Poverty) -- Odaal vino) -- Ode to Wine.;Con las Odas elementales Neruda logro una de las realizaciones mas ambiciosas de toda su obra y de la poesía universal. La visión cósmica y las energias de la naturaleza se pacifican y se hacen armoniosas. El objeto individual y cotidiano se incorpora a la plenitud de las magnas realidades: el océano, la tierra, el amor.