Burning Patience
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading on dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Signed (signature visible on front cover). Binding condition: Good — book lies open flat but binding appears intact. Stickers/labels: None visible.
Set against the backdrop of Pablo Neruda's coastal exile in Chile, Burning Patience is a tender and luminous work of historical fiction that chronicles the unlikely friendship between the great poet and Mario Jiménez, a shy young postman who becomes his sole mail carrier. Inspired by Neruda's lyrical genius, Mario sets out to win the heart of the beautiful Beatriz through the art of metaphor, transforming himself from a humble islander into a passionate, verse-struck suitor. Skármeta weaves together humour, romance, and political urgency with effortless grace, capturing the charged atmosphere of Chile on the eve of Pinochet's military coup. The novel stands as both a celebration of poetry's power to ignite the human spirit and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and resistance. It is the acclaimed source material for the beloved Italian film Il Postino, and remains one of Latin American literature's most cherished and widely read works.
Author: Antonio Skármeta
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Pantheon Modern Writers
Genre: Historical fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading on dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Signed (signature visible on front cover). Binding condition: Good — book lies open flat but binding appears intact. Stickers/labels: None visible.
Set against the backdrop of Pablo Neruda's coastal exile in Chile, Burning Patience is a tender and luminous work of historical fiction that chronicles the unlikely friendship between the great poet and Mario Jiménez, a shy young postman who becomes his sole mail carrier. Inspired by Neruda's lyrical genius, Mario sets out to win the heart of the beautiful Beatriz through the art of metaphor, transforming himself from a humble islander into a passionate, verse-struck suitor. Skármeta weaves together humour, romance, and political urgency with effortless grace, capturing the charged atmosphere of Chile on the eve of Pinochet's military coup. The novel stands as both a celebration of poetry's power to ignite the human spirit and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and resistance. It is the acclaimed source material for the beloved Italian film Il Postino, and remains one of Latin American literature's most cherished and widely read works.