La Chascona

My mother loved Pablo Neruda’s work since before I was born, and growing up, I was conscious of his work for most of my reading life. I wanted to incorporate Santiago into my trip to go and see some of the land where Neruda lived. La Chascona was a house that he owned and shared with an initially secret lover. Photography was highly restricted.

The house is now a museum, and it does a really nice job of covering some of the more interesting aspects of Neruda’s personality (the house had a secret door!) and his involvement with some of the pivotal artists and political movements of his time.