Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda

<p>&quot;A literary event of universal importance.&quot; - <i>The Guardian</i></p><p>&quot;The earliest poem in the collection dates to 1956, and several are love poems, a form Neruda was famous for.&quot; - <i>The New York Times</i></p><p>&quot;This new volume will be a labor of love for the publisher and a joy for readers everywhere.&quot; - <i>Library Journal</i></p><p>Pablo Neruda's lost poems - recently discovered in his archive to the delight of readers and scholars - comprise this remarkable and essential volume.</p><p>Originally composed on napkins, playbills, receipts, and notebooks, Neruda's lost poems are full of eros and heartache, complex wordplay and deep wonder. Presented with the Spanish text, full-color reproductions of handwritten poems, and dynamic English translations, <i>Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda </i>simultaneously completes and advances the oeuvre of the world's most beloved poet.</p><p><i>Crossing the sky I near<br>the red ray of your hair.<br>Of earth and wheat I am and as I close-in<br>your fire kindles itself<br>inside me and the rocks<br>and flour ignite.<br>That's why my heart<br>expands and rises<br>into bread for your mouth to devour,<br>and my blood is wine poured for you.<br>You and I are the land with its fruit.<br>Bread, fire, blood and wine<br>make up the earthly love that sears us. </i></p><p><b>Pablo Neruda </b>(1904-1973) is one of the world's most beloved and best-selling poets. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.</p><p>Translator <b>Forrest Gander </b>teaches at Brown University and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.</p>