THE POSTMAN FREE

I want my reading to be stress free and not a slave to a challenge that tells me that I am either ten books behind or ahead of schedule.

Even a lengthy nonfiction history book when told by a master can read like a story and can lead to hours of joyful reading. Reading is supposed to be fun and provide an escape from whatever is going on in ones life at the moment. For the second year in a row I have set my goodreads reading challenge to one book. Soon the island air is thick with the exchange of sensuous metaphors.more As Neruda tutors him in the finer lessons of love, Mario discovers that he too has a gift for poetry. The friendship between the postman and the poet blossoms, Mario begs Neruda for advice on how best to woo the voluptuous young barmaid, Beatriz, with whom Mario has fallen in love. Although the island has a number of inhabitants, Mario has only one postal customer, the only literate resident, who is also Chile's most beloved poet, Pablo Neruda, who is living in exile. Unlike the other men of his village, Mario balks at the prospect of life as a fisherman, choosing instead to become the postman for a beautiful island, just off the mainland. Although the island has a number of inhabitants, Mario has only one post The Postman (Il Postino) is a bittersweet tale of first love ignited by the power and passion of Pablo Neruda's timeless poetry. The Postman (Il Postino) is a bittersweet tale of first love ignited by the power and passion of Pablo Neruda's timeless poetry.

The postman