Purgatory
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Description
Raúl 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 Valparaíso when, on the morning of the coup, he was arrested, detained, and tortured. Conceived as the first text of a Dantean trilogy that includes Anteparaíso (Anteparadise) and La Vida Nueva (The New Life), Purgatory is his anguished response to Chile's violent recent history.
Product Details
Price
$35.94
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
November 02, 2009
Pages
136
Dimensions
6.02 X 8.06 X 0.35 inches | 0.38 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520259737
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About the Author
Raúl Zurita, considered by many to be the heir to Pablo Neruda, is one of Latin America's most radical, influential, and prominent poets. Anna Deeny is a doctoral candidate in Latin American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
Reviews
"An exciting literary event."--Publishers Weekly (11/16/2009)
"Important and dynamic. . . . Every young poet . . . needs to read and study this book. The lessons found here will redefine poetic commitment."-- (09/01/2009)
"Zurita is seen by many to be the most important poet in Chile and the inheritor of Neruda's legacy. . . . An important book."-- (12/11/2009)
"Beautifully produced, well translated, and as lyrically chilling as when it was first written in the shadow of Pinochet's . . . dictatorship."-- (07/15/2010)
"Important and dynamic. . . . Every young poet . . . needs to read and study this book. The lessons found here will redefine poetic commitment."-- (09/01/2009)
"Zurita is seen by many to be the most important poet in Chile and the inheritor of Neruda's legacy. . . . An important book."-- (12/11/2009)
"Beautifully produced, well translated, and as lyrically chilling as when it was first written in the shadow of Pinochet's . . . dictatorship."-- (07/15/2010)
