Five Decades: Poems 1925-1970

I received this book promptly not long after ordering it. I'm very familiar with Pablo Neruda's works, he's one of my fiancee's favorite poets. I bought it as an extra birthday gift for her, she hasn't stopped reading it yet! I would definitely recommend this book to connoisseurs of fine poetry, and fans of Neruda.

Cumplió mis expectetivas. Era lo que esperaba y más aún. Recomenando 100% a los que les gusta la poesía en castellano.

I received this book in great condition. I love Pablo Neruda and do suggest this book.

Great book, some many poems to read.

I'm pretty sure my experience with this book was doomed to be bad from the start; the first copy I received was used and coated in a sticky substance despite having paid for a new copy. I couldn't even open it. The replacement copy that Amazon sent me is unused.However, the translations of Neruda's poetry are so poor that I really wish I hadn't been sent a replacement. If you can understand Spanish well, it's a fine collection, but the translations are actually laughably bad at points. So bad that I feel that the meaning, emotion, weight, tone, etc. of Neruda's poems are completely lost. Even amateur translations easily found free online are superior.

Perhaps the very best of all Spanish language poets, and in English too, in translation.

Neruda is the best!

Low contrast print on low quality paper. An amazing poet deserves a decent quality paperback that's easy to read, not this.