tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post2399775936932047632..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Pablo Neruda's Forgotten BooksMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-40111177829074799662015-03-29T04:39:41.502+01:002015-03-29T04:39:41.502+01:00fascinating, love the photos...aren't other pe...fascinating, love the photos...aren't other people's book shelves irresistible!Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003915263556622215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-87982295466014690652015-03-27T16:08:47.739+00:002015-03-27T16:08:47.739+00:00I don't know if you've ever seen the film ...I don't know if you've ever seen the film Il Postino, a touching story of Neruda's brief exile in Italy and the effect he has on a local man. It's worth watching.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-1614046552588322312015-03-27T14:15:46.535+00:002015-03-27T14:15:46.535+00:00I hate to be cynical but do you really think those...I hate to be cynical but do you really think those were Neruda's own books? They might just as easily been selected as prop books to fill the shelves as decoration. I guess it's my natural tendency to see theater in all things dealing with historical sites and museums that makes me think this way. I'm always checking out books on bookshelves (museums, historical sites, and even restaurants and hotel lobbies among other places) and I almost nearly find they are junk books purchased for either their decorative bindings a or their "vintage look".J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com