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Memoirs

by Pablo Neruda · 1974

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Pablo Neruda has been hailed as the greatest poet of the 20th century & was a Nobel laureat. In these memoirs he also recounts his distinguished career as a diplomat & politician, during which he came to know iconic figures including Gandhi, Che Guevara & Mao Tse Tung.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thismemoirmemoirMore like thisLess of this
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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisLatin AmericaLatin AmericaMore like thisLess of thisSpainSpainMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 378 pages
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