by Pablo Neruda · tapa dura · ISBN 9788432085420
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Canto General is a monumental work by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, first published in Mexico in 1950. This extensive epic poem consists of fifteen sections and more than 340 poems, covering the history and geography of Latin America, from its pre-Columbian origins to the mid-20th century. Neruda explores the struggle of Latin American peoples for freedom and justice, paying tribute to their heroes and denouncing oppression and exploitation. The work is a song to Latin American identity and hope for a better future.
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924).
