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The book of questions

by Pablo Neruda, William O'Daly

A collection of brief poems composed entirely of unanswerable questions that explore the inner structure of feeling, perception and paradox underlying human experience. The text is presented in the original Spanish alongside English translations.

Accession 17481 ISBN 1556590415 Publisher —
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