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"The Canto General", thought by many of Neruda's most prominent critics to be the poet's masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.

Canto General

Acknowledgments

Introduction by

Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria



I A LAMP ON EARTH



II THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU



III THE CONQUISTADORS



IV THE LIBERATORS



VI AMERICA, I DO NOT INVOKE YOUR NAME IN VAIN



VIII THE EARTH'S NAME IS JUAN



IX LET THE WOODCUTTER AWAKEN



X THE FUGITIVE



XI THE FLOWERS OF PUNITAQUI



XII THE RIVERS OF SONG



XIII NEW YEAR'S CHORALE FOR THE COUNTRY IN DARKNESS



XIV THE GREAT OCEAN



XV I AM



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