El Cartero de Neruda (Edición Especial Ilustrada)/ The Postman (Hardcover)

from FPdC

This famous book by Skármeta came to life as the result of the success of the movie Ardiente Paciencia, directed by Skármeta himself in 1983, after his homonym play got an entusiastic reception in Europe and the US. Another film adaptation (The Postman), by Michael Radford, won an Oscar and becam...

from amydelpo

Beautifully written, whimsical, and sweet. A love song to Pablo Neruda in particular and art and poetry, in general.

from DonnaMarieMerritt

A delightfully different book, imagining a friendship between a postal worker and poet Pablo Neruda (though this description is misleadingly simple). Here's a bit of a conversation between two characters: Rosa: "What were you talking about?" Beatriz: "Politics." R: "Oh no, so he's a communist too...

from edwin.gleaves

A charming little book, with its dark political side. But mainly it's about poetry and the magic of language, as experienced by Pablo Neruda's postman. Made into a great Italian movie.

from kellifrobinson

This quick read led me straight to the Internet to research Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, Allende's death at the hands of Augusto Pinochet, and to see a picture of Neruda's house in Isla Negra. A historical context of Chile in the early 1970s was crucial to fully appreciating this work of ficti...