La solitude lumineuse - Pablo Neruda

Brand: FOLIO | Status: Còn hàng

250.000₫

La Solitude Lumineuse is a short yet deeply poetic piece of prose that captures the essence of Neruda’s art - beautiful language, sensory imagery, and profound introspection. Readers often praise how the text transforms ordinary experiences - scents, lights, silence - into moments of inner revelation. Because it is an excerpt from a longer autobiography, some readers find it too brief and wish for more detail about his later journeys. However, its brevity also gives it an elegant focus: it reads like a poem in prose, offering a concentrated glimpse into Neruda’s sensitivity and worldview. Overall, The Luminous Solitude is a beautiful and reflective book that blends travel writing, poetry, and memory. It is ideal for readers who enjoy lyrical prose and philosophical reflections on solitude, culture, and artistic awakening.

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In The Luminous Solitude, Pablo Neruda recalls his time in the late 1920s when he was sent as Chile’s consul to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and later to Singapore and Batavia (Jakarta, Indonesia). Through poetic and vivid prose, Neruda describes the colors, smells, and sounds of Asia - the opium dens, the elephant hunts, the smiling Buddhas, and the deep contrasts between the British colonial world and local life. The book is not only a travel narrative but also a reflection on solitude and identity. Neruda finds himself torn between two worlds - the polished British society and the vast, mysterious East - and ultimately chooses solitude. Yet, he remembers this period as "the loneliest and the most luminous" of his life. It is both a personal diary and a lyrical meditation, capturing the awakening of a young poet facing the immensity of the world.