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Poetry. Latina/Latina Studies. In the BOOK OF QUESTIONS, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda's questions lead the reader beyond reason into realms of intuition and pure imagination. Completed only months before his death in 1973, BOOK OF QUESTIONS is the seventh and concluding volume in the Copper Canyon Press Neruda series. Reprinted from the 1991 version, this is a bilingual edition. Cryptic and intriguing - Library Journal. Dazzling....O'Daly's translations achieve a tone that is both meditative and spontaneous- Publishers Weekly.