| Purgatory Contributor(s): Zurita, Raul (Author), Deeny, Anna (Translator), Wright, C. D. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520259734 ISBN-13: 9780520259737 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2009 Annotation: Raul Zurita's "Purgatory, " a landmark in contemporary Latin American poetry, records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990) in the fiercely inventive voice of a postmodern master. This beautiful en face edition, superbly translated by Anna Deeny, brings to English-language readers an indispensable volume written by one of the most important living poets writing in Spanish today. Zurita was a 24-year-old student in Valparaiso when, on the morning of the coup, he was arrested, detained, and tortured. Conceived as the first text of a Dantean trilogy that includes "Anteparaiso (Anteparadise)" and "La Vida Nueva (The New Life), Purgatory" is his anguished response to Chile's violent recent history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General |
| Dewey: 861.64 |
| LCCN: 2009010981 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.02" W x 8.06" (0.38 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Spanish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ra l Zurita's Purgatory, a landmark in contemporary Latin American poetry, records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990) in the fiercely inventive voice of a postmodern master. This beautiful en face edition, superbly translated by Anna Deeny, brings to English-language readers an indispensable volume written by one of the most important living poets writing in Spanish today. Zurita was a 24-year-old student in Valpara so when, on the morning of the coup, he was arrested, detained, and tortured. Conceived as the first text of a Dantean trilogy that includes Antepara so (Anteparadise) and La Vida Nueva (The New Life), Purgatory is his anguished response to Chile's violent recent history. |