{"product_id":"purgatory-raul-zurita-9780520259737","title":"Purgatory","description":"Ra l Zurita's \u003ci\u003ePurgatory, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003een face edition, \u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAntepara so (Anteparadise)\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Vida Nueva (The New Life), Purgatory\u003c\/i\u003e is his anguished response to Chile's violent recent history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raul Zurita\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520259734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520259737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 6.02w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2009 pg. 39","brand":"Raul Zurita","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919947628799,"sku":"9780520259737","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eb498270-e218-4a04-ac91-52270444c3d0.jpg?v=1680812792","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/purgatory-raul-zurita-9780520259737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}