by Antonio Skármeta · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401385278
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«El cartero de Neruda» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta, published by Plaza & Janés in hardback, with 139 pages, in Spanish.
The novel tells of the friendship between Mario Jiménez, a young postman who delivers mail in Isla Negra, and the poet Pablo Neruda, the only neighbour who receives letters. Mario turns to poetry and the metaphors he learns from the poet to win the woman he loves, amid the tense political climate of Chile in those years.
Also known as «Ardiente paciencia», the work was originally published in 1985. This 1995 edition belongs to the Ave Fénix collection, Serie Mayor, number 28, from Plaza & Janés.
Recommended for readers interested in Latin American literature and in stories that combine history, poetry and love.
Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile's ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. In 2014, he was awarded the Chilean National Literature Prize.
