Isla Negra: A Notebook

First Edition, 1981. 416 pages. 

Book measures 6 x 8.5 inches. Translated from the Spanish by Alastair Reid. Afterword by Enrico Mario Santi. This book collects 100 poems written by Neruda as a poetic autobiography from the vantage point of Isle Negra, the small village on the Pacific coast of Chile which he came to regard as the center of his world. Subject matter moves through childhood impressions and awakenings, early loves and travels, the dawning of political awareness, towards self-scrutiny and self-definition and so forth. Dust jacket design by Antonio Frasconi.

Near Fine in black cloth. Dust jackets shows minimal wear to top spine and faint signs of rubbing. No chips or tears to DJ. Near Fine / Very Good+.