Each ode in this book deals with abstract concepts, emotions and objects and is coupled with its opposite. For example, Ode to Fire is coupled with Ode to Rain. Each ode is written is Spanish and English and is prefaced by pencil drawings. Neruda won the
A bilingual collection of 25 newly translated odes by the century's greatest Spanish-language poet, each accompanied by a pair of exquisite pencil drawings. From bread and soap to a bed and a box of tea, the "odes to common things" collected here conjure
