From the Book - First U. S. edition.
Secrets, shadows, wine and rain 1904-20
A bohemian in Santiago 1921-27
Asian desolation: 1927-32
Back home, new battles- and Buenos Aires 1932-34
Spanish sorrow- the turning-point 1934-37
A life-saving mission 1937-40
Mexican magic, marriage, a tragic telegram and a mordant badger 1940-43
From the rich heights of Machu Picchu down to the poverty of the driest place on Earth 1943-48
A year of blind rats- Neruda in hdiing 1948-49
Delia and Matilde- an Eastern European juggling act 1949-52
Return the conquering hero 1952-59
The other Cuban crisis 1966-68
The Nobel Prize- and a last, passionate love 1968-72
The final years- and a posthumous gift 1972-73.