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Delano,
Poli.
WHEN I WAS A BOY NERUDA CALLED ME POLICARPO : A MEMOIR Toronto : House of Anansi Press , Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, 2006. IL 5-8, RL 6.0 ISBN 0888997264 |
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Chilean author Poli Delano had the privilege of knowing poet Pablo Neruda while he was growing up. Neruda was a larger than life figure and Delano views him this way as well. Neruda had a pet badger. He eats grasshoppers, worms and ants!! And he is known to have set up fights between a walking stick insect and a tarantula. But he also taught Delano about the beauty in the world. Neruda was an eccentric in every sense of the world. A few of his poems are included in the memoir to give you a sense of his writing. |
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Delano, Poli, 1936-
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973. Friendship -- Anecdotes. |
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