The Captains Verses, Pablo Neruda
The Captains Verses, Pablo Neruda
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The Captain's Verses
The Love Poems

Author: Pablo Neruda, Donald D. Walsh

Narrator: Armando Durán

Unabridged: 1 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2017

Synopsis

Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, finished writing The Captain’s Verses in 1952 while in exile on the island of Capri―the paradisiacal setting for the blockbuster film Il Postino (The Postman). Surrounded by sea, sun, and Capri’s natural splendors, Neruda addressed these poems to his lover Matilde Urrutia before they were married, but he didn’t publish them publicly until 1963. This complete collection has become a classic for love-struck readers around the world―passionately sensuous and exploding with all the erotic energy of a new love.

About Pablo Neruda

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) was born in the town of Parral in Chile. He received numerous prestigious awards for his work, including the International Peace Prize in 1950 and the Lenin Peace Prize in 1953. In 1971 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two years later he died in Santiago, Chile, probably a victim of the Pinochet government. Pinochet denied permission for Neruda’s funeral to be made a public event. Thousands of grieving Chileans disobeyed the curfew, however, and crowded the streets of Santiago.

About Armando Durán

Armando Durán has appeared in films, television, and regional theaters throughout the West Coast. For the last decade he has been a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2009 he was named by AudioFile as Best Voice in Biography and History for his narration of Che Guevara. A native Californian, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Ashland, Oregon.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jibran on July 26, 2015

Love, a question has destroyed you. Love, Desire, Furies, – it is in these elemental emotions Pablo Neruda has cast in verse his and the life of his beloved. They met at the beginning of Time when Big Bang was taking shape in their souls and when those various elements came together, guided by violent......more

Goodreads review by Ammara on June 25, 2017

One word for this book, 'Sensuous' Love, a question has destroyed you. LIVES  Ah how ill at ease sometimes I feel you are with me, victor among men! Because you do not know that with me were victorious thousands of faces that you can not see, thousands of feet and hearts that marched with me, that I am not, th......more

Goodreads review by Irma Sincera on June 09, 2024

2024 reread 2018 " If You Forget Me " Poezija buvo ta sritis į kurią visą laiką norėjau įmerkti kojas, bet niekada nežinojau nuo ko pradėti. Neruda buvo puikus pasirinkimas pirmai pažinčiai ir sunkiai randu, kas jį galėtų pralenkti. Šis rinkinys yra antrasis mano kolekcijoje ir dar labiau patikęs už pi......more

Quotes

“These love poems…each one is gorgeous—and so gorgeously read by Armando Duran that the listener may want to stop after one or two and think about them, rather than moving straight through the collection. Neruda is the definitive Spanish-language poet of the twentieth century, and his love poems hold a place comparable to Shakespeare’s sonnets in the English-speaking world. Duran seems to be channeling the poet, carrying us from the first burst of carnal love to Neruda’s other passion, revolutionary politics. This is a production to be savored like a fine cognac.” AudioFile

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