"Tonight I can write the saddest linesI loved her, and sometimes she loved me too."

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“True Stone and Epitaph: the Poetry of Pablo Neruda" by Gilbert Wesley Purdy. A full length book review/essay which includes a critical biography of Pablo Neruda.”

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