{"product_id":"translating-neruda-john-felstiner-9780804713276","title":"Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat goes into the translating of a poem? Usually that process gets\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eforgotten once the new poem stands intact in translation. Yet a verse\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etranslation derives from historical, biographical, and philosophical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eresearch, interpretive analysis of the original poem, and continuous\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003elinguistic and prosodic choices that parallel those the poet made. Taking as a text Pablo Neruda's brilliant prophetic sequence \u003ci\u003eAlturas de\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacchu Picchu (1945), the author here re-creates the entire process of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etranslation, from his first encounter with the poem to the last shaping of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea phrase that may never come right in English. This many-faceted book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eforms an essay on the theory and practice of literary translation, a study\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eof Neruda's career through 1945, and an interpretation of his major poem, all of which lead to a striking new poem in English, \u003ci\u003eHeights of Macchu Picchu\u003c\/i\u003e, printed along with the original Spanish. This genesis of a verse translation also includes little-known biographical data, hitherto untranslated poems and prose from the years 1920 to 1945, and new translations of key poems from Neruda's \u003ci\u003eResidence on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpain in My Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Felstiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804713278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804713276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.62h x 5.52w x 0.69d","brand":"John Felstiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926211100927,"sku":"9780804713276","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0e024937-ef6f-46f4-8795-1c6f62cb8cbc.jpg?v=1681081815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/translating-neruda-john-felstiner-9780804713276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}