Language: English
Published by The Journeyman Press, London, UK, 1988
ISBN 10: 1851720197 ISBN 13: 9781851720194
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Jose Venturelli (Woodcuts) (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Text/BRAND NEW, w/trace margin discoloration. Blue linen softcover/VG w/scrapes to lower front/back edges. Anthology. Poems from the Spanish edition of Canto General (1950). Translations by Texas-born Mexican dancer & choreographer Waldeen von Falkenstein (1913 - 1993), Introduction from Christopher Perriam, and woodcuts by Jose Venturelli. 94 pgs. Poems penned on the threshold of the Cold War. Neruda cautions against of a nuclear World War III, and placed his hope in revival of the voice of Abraham Lincoln and American workers and farmers against slavery capitalism.