{"product_id":"the-heights-of-macchu-picchu-9781556594441","title":"The Heights of Macchu Picchu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The most important poet of the twentieth century--in any language.\"--Gabriel Garcia Marquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'The Heights of Macchu Picchu' is a poem of ascension. . . . In its final passages, Neruda's poetry jumps from a personal hope to a global one; from a poetry dealing with the poet's heart to a poetry centered on humanity's struggles.\"--BBC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Heights of Machu Picchu\" has been called Pablo Neruda's greatest contribution to poetry--a search for the \"indestructible, imperishable life\" in all things. Inspired by his journey to the ancient ruins, Neruda calls the lost Incan civilization to \"rise up and be born,\" and also empowers the people of his time. This new translation by poet Tom s Q. Mor n includes an introduction by Mor n and Neruda's Spanish original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI stare at the clothes and hands, \u003cbr\u003ethe carvings of water in a sonorous hollow, \u003cbr\u003ethe wall rubbed smooth by the touch of a face\u003cbr\u003ethat with my eyes gazed at the earthly lights, \u003cbr\u003ethat with my hands oiled the vanished\u003cbr\u003eplanks: because everything, clothes, skin, dishes, \u003cbr\u003ewords, wine, breads, \u003cbr\u003ewent away, fell to the earth.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePablo Neruda\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-73), one of the world's most beloved poets, was also a diplomat and member of the Chilean Senate. In 1970 he was appointed as Chile's ambassador to France; in 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom s Q. Mor n\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator and teaches at Texas State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.55h x 5.49w x 0.23d","brand":"Pablo Neruda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659689947292,"sku":"9781556594441","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_53304fdd-f9f4-48f7-859c-ad58e57f9be1.jpg?v=1603895281","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-heights-of-macchu-picchu-9781556594441","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}