Extravagaria - Pablo Neruda - 1974

Reflective later poems of the fiery, Nobel-Prize winning Chilean poet, with English translations and the original Spanish side-by-side on facing pages. "Extravagaria marks an important stage in Neruda's progress as a poet. The book was written just after he had returned to Chile after many wanderings and moved to his beloved Isla Negra on the Pacific coast. The collection celebrates this coming to rest, this rediscovery of the sea and the land, and the evolution of a a lyric poetry that is decidedly more personal than Neruda's earlier work. Written in what he called his "autumnal" period, the sixty-eight poems range from the wistful to the exultant, combining psalm and speculation, meditation and humorous aside." An important work for Neruda-lovers. Extravagaria - Pablo Neruda First American Edition, Published 1974, The Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York Softcover. Approx. 5.25x8.25in. 303pp In decent condition given the vintage. Edges have a couple bits of foxing (see photos). Interior page has inscription from book-giver to recipient.