Would highly recommend to anyone like me who enjoys asking questions and having lively conversations. Looking back, I am glad we read the book together because his answer would have made me think twice about the relationship. The never-endingly interesting topic of sex- Would you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have?

Follow-up questions: Does including questions that only request one word answers limit the value of this book? Later, I would "use" the book as an icebreaker for visiting relatives and finally, it was used often by my hubby and I (lots of fun sex questions in there). This bilingual Spanish-English edition is the first illustrated selection of questions, 70 in all, from Pablo Neruda's original poem (320 questions) The Book of Questions. With a clear acetate jacket with striking green lettering (an homage to Neruda’s affinity for writing in green ink, which he saw as the color of hope), this edition contains six magnificent gatefold spreads that lift to reveal more questions and expanded illustrations, inviting readers into deeper and deeper reflection.And the best part of this edition is how it includes the original lines in Spanish alongside the English text, paying homage to Neruda's work in its full package. They're provocative, entertaining for personal reflection if nothing else, many sounding like they came from an Intro to Philosophy teacher's notebook, the kind used to probe and tease helpless students. The questions themselves, mostly arranged as couplets, have no answers and often imaginative premises: ‘Who shouted for joy / when the color blue was born? Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. Book of Questions now comes alive in a stunning bilingual picture-book, illustrated by Chilean artist Paloma Valdivia.

Compiled throughout his life and published a year after his death in 1973, Neruda's thoughtful and playful questions are well known in Latin American literature. This book provides gentle, playful and easy-to-understand answers to 50 common questions about the wonderful. Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details.

They foreground the natural world, and their curiosity transcends all logic; and because they are paradoxes and riddles that embrace the limits of our ability to know, they engage with human freedom in the deepest way, removing the burden and constraint that somehow, we are meant to have answers to every question. brings together 74 poems shaped around mysterious, playful, frequently metaphysical questions about nature, constellations, memory, numbers, oceans, the interior life of the mind. Many are stupefyingly inane, or have answers that were very straightforward and easily justifiable to me.