by Antonio Skármeta · Círculo de lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422661382
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«El cartero de Neruda» is the novel by Chilean writer Antonio Skármeta, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (127 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows Mario Jiménez, a young fisherman who leaves his trade to work as a postman in Isla Negra, where the only recipient of letters is the poet Pablo Neruda. An unexpected friendship grows between them, and Mario learns from Neruda the art of metaphor to win over Beatriz Román, in Chile in the 1960s.
Work originally published in 1985 under the title «Ardiente paciencia»; the edition corresponding to this ISBN is from 1996.
For readers of Latin American literature and for those who enjoy stories of friendship, poetry and romance set in Chile.
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.
