The Postman (Il Postino)
3 hrs. 22 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Antonio Skarmeta
Author
Antonio Skarmeta
Narrator
Alexey Dankov
Narrator
Alexey Dankov
Description
Steeped in a love of life, sparkling with metaphors, gentle humor, and bright melancholy, this novel reads like a warm beam of light—the very sun that we sometimes miss so much in everyday routine.
In a small village on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, exile has kept the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. In Isla Negra, letters arrive only for him—and are delivered by a single addressee postman, the young Mario Jimenes, who with his modest earnings can barely scrape together enough money for cinema tickets.
What could possibly connect the great poet and a boy with a satchel of mail? Yet Neruda and Mario quickly grow close: what brings them together is the feeling that poetry permeates the world around them. The poet kindly guides the boy—teaching him to see reality through metaphors and helping him find the words to win the heart of the charming Beatriz.
Antonio Skármeta’s novel, long since established as a modern classic, served as the basis for the Oscar-winning film The Postman by director Michael Radford. In Russian, The Postman of Neruda is being published for the first time since the book’s release in 1985.
In a small village on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, exile has kept the famous Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. In Isla Negra, letters arrive only for him—and are delivered by a single addressee postman, the young Mario Jimenes, who with his modest earnings can barely scrape together enough money for cinema tickets.
What could possibly connect the great poet and a boy with a satchel of mail? Yet Neruda and Mario quickly grow close: what brings them together is the feeling that poetry permeates the world around them. The poet kindly guides the boy—teaching him to see reality through metaphors and helping him find the words to win the heart of the charming Beatriz.
Antonio Skármeta’s novel, long since established as a modern classic, served as the basis for the Oscar-winning film The Postman by director Michael Radford. In Russian, The Postman of Neruda is being published for the first time since the book’s release in 1985.
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