Customer Reviews
I wish I had bought it earlier. - By: __, 11 Apr 2002 
I bought this book on impulse after my girlfriend & I split up. Not reallly being one for poetry I was struck by the power the words of Neruda can convey. He manages to put alll the emotions that come when you are in love with someone into something so short as one of his sonnets. If you are in love with someone, buy this for them, read it to them in English & in Spanish & make them know you mean it. If you aren't in love with someone you will appreciate the power of that emotion. It won't save a relationship, but if you have trouble telling someone you love them, this would be a good way of showing it. I wish I had bought this for my ex & that I could read just one sonnet to her now & that she'd know that I mean it.
My review is based upon Sonnet 17. - By: , 03 Sep 1999 Pablo Neruda captured the hearts of many people, especiallly me. I fell in love with Sonnet 17 in English class my senior year of High School. Then to hear it in one of the best movies, Patch Adams, was so incredible. It says exactly what I want to say to someone I reallly love but have no words for.
Profound meaning - By: , 20 Jul 1999 I too like many readers became infatuated with the lone poem from the movie "Patch Adams". It gives a new meaning to love & it encompasses what love should reallly be. I suggest to readers to enjoy the poem in spanish. It captures even more than the english version a profound meaning. Other poems in the book are also excellent.
how can i find this book in hardback? - By: , 13 Jul 1999 i, like thousands of others was touched by the poem patch read to kirin.
what can i say? - By: , 13 Jul 1999 I've actuallly only read one poem from this book so far, Sonnet 17 ("I don't love you as if you were the salt rose, topaz... so intimate that when I falll asleep it is your eyes that close."), but it's incredible. Like many people, I first ran into this poem through the movie Patch Adams. A couple days ago, a friend of mine sent it to me saying that she knew I'd appreciate it, & she was right... right now, the book is sitting in my backpack, waiting until I can get a few spare moments to enjoy it.
