Purgatory - A Bilingual Edition (Paperback, Bilingual Ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Raul Zurita
Translators:	Anna Deeny
Foreword by:	C. D Wright
Dimensions:	203 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	136
Edition:	Bilingual Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-25973-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-520-25973-4
Barcode:	9780520259737

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