20th century chilean literature
20th century chilean poetry
20th century latin american literature
20th century latin american poetry
A01=Raul Zurita
Author_Raul Zurita
bilingual edition
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chilean poet
chilean poetry
conflict
contemporary latin american poetry
corruption
cultural violence
dictator
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military dictatorship
physical violence
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political literature
political poetry
postmodern poetry
postmodernism
postmodernity
spanish english
spiritual violence
translated poems
translated poetry
violence
Product details
- ISBN 9780520259737
- Weight: 181g
- Dimensions: 152 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Raul 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.
