by Antonio Skármeta · ISBN 9789726958901
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«O Carteiro de Pablo Neruda» is the novel by Antonio Skármeta published by Editorial Teorema, with 172 pages, in Brazilian Portuguese.
Mario Jiménez, a young fisherman, works as a mailman in Isla Negra, where the poet Pablo Neruda is the main addressee. His friendship with the writer awakens his interest in words, which he uses to win over the woman he loves, while the climate of Chile at the time foreshadows a dramatic outcome.
The work was originally published in 1985 as «Ardiente paciencia» and was adapted into a highly successful movie.
Suitable reading for lovers of romantic and historical fiction and for those who want to get closer to the figure of Pablo Neruda.
Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic was a Chilean writer, screenwriter, and director. His novel Ardiente paciencia was the basis for the film Il Postino. In Chile, he was popularly known for hosting a television show on literature and the arts. He served as Chile's ambassador to Germany from 2000 to 2003. In 2014, he was awarded the Chilean National Literature Prize.
