Canto General: Song of the Americas

Synopsis

Pablo Neruda's Epic Poem Canto General Is A Prodigious Work That Scrolls Out Like The Chronicle Of A Journey Through The Americas, As The Poet Strives To Provide A Unifying Vision Of Reality. Neruda's Most Audacious And Ambitious Achievement, Canto General Locates And Reveals Communal Sources Of Strength In The Place Of Our Origin, Land Of Our Ancestors. The Poet Depicts History As A Vast, Continuous Struggle Against Oppression. Constructed In Fifteen Parts, And Made Up Of More Than Fifteen Thousand Lines, Canto General Unfolds In Successive Epochs, Celebrating The Flora And Fauna And Geology Of Neruda's Homeland And Recounting Episodes In The Lives Of Explorers And Conquistadors, Emperors And Dictators, Revolutionaries And Everyday Laborers.-- Translator's Introduction. -- Book One. A Lamp On The Earth = La Lámpara En La Tierra -- Book Two. The Heights Of Machu Picchu = Alturas De Macchu Picchu -- Book Three. The Conquistadors = Los Conquistadores -- Book Four. The Liberators = Los Liberatadores -- Book Five. The Sand Betrayed = La Arena Traicionada -- Book Six. America, I Do Not Invoke Your Name In Vain = América, No Invoco Tu Nombre En Vano -- Book Seven. Canto General Of Chile = Canto General De Chile -- Book Eight. The Earth's Name Is Juan = La Tierra Se Llama Juan -- Book Nine. Let The Woodcutter Awaken = Que Despierte El Leñador -- Book Ten. The Fugitive = El Fugitivo -- Book Eleven. The Flowers Of Punitaqui = Las Flores De Punitaqui -- Book Twelve. The Rivers Of Song = Los Ríos Del Canto -- Book Thirteen. New Year's Chorale For The Country In Darkness = Coral De Año Nuevo Para La Patria En Tinieblas -- Book Fourteen. The Great Ocean = El Gran Océano -- Book Fifteen. I Am = Yo Soy. -- Acknowledgments. Pablo Neruda ; Translated By Mariela Griffor, With Jeffrey Levine, Nancy Naomi Carlson, And Rebecca Seiferle ; Jeffrey Levine, Translation Editor. Translated From The Spanish.