PabloNeruda’smostfamouslongpoem,withtheEnglishtranslationsandoriginalSpanishpresentedsidebyside.TheHeightsofMacchuPicchuisthefinestandmostfamousofNeruda’slongerpoemsandprovidesthekeytohisearlierwork.ItwasinspiredbyhisjourneytoMacchuPicchu,thePeruvianIncacityhighintheAndes.Neruda’sjourneytakesonallthesymbolicqualitiesofapersonal“ventureintotheinterior“asthepoemprogresses,exploringboththerootsofthepoet’sidentityandthehistoryofLatinAmerica.ThistranslationhasbeenrenderedbythedistinguishedpoetNathanielTarnandispresentedinabilingualedition,withtheSpanishandEnglishtextsonfacingpages.
