PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray (a first printing)
Gray, Alasdair; Alighieri, Dante
ISBN 10: 1786894734 ISBN 13: 9781786894731
Published by Canongate Books,uk, 2019
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Synopsis:
In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this colloquial version of Dante's masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in his own unique idiom.
Lyrical and modern, this remarkable edition yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.
About the Authors:
Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award by the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages and the author of the Divine Comedy.
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Title: PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. ...
Publisher: Canongate Books,uk
Publication Date: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition