Purgatory

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Through the disruptive and fiercely inventive voice of a postmodern master, Raúl Zurita's Purgatory, a landmark in contemporary Latin American poetry, records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-90). --from publisher's description.

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Title Statements

Full title :Purgatory / Raúl Zurita ; translated from the Spanish and with an afterword by Anna Deeny ; foreword by C.D. Wright.

Summary

Through the disruptive and fiercely inventive voice of a postmodern master, Raúl Zurita's Purgatory, a landmark in contemporary Latin American poetry, records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-90). --from publisher's description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:Bilingual ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of California Press
Place of Publication:Berkeley
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

Notes

Originally published in Spanish as Purgatorio in 1979.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 117 pages : : illustrations ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780520259720, 0520259726, 9780520259737, 0520259734
oclc:ocn317118175
LC Classification:PQ8098.36.U75
Dewey Decimal:861/.64

Foreword / C. D. Wright -- Preface: Some Words for This Edition -- Purgatory -- Translator's Afterword: Speaking from the Wreckage.

Subjects

Chile Chile -- Poetry. -- Politics and govern… Chili -- Poésie. -- Politique et gouver… Poetry Political persecution Political persecution -- Poetry. -- Chi… Politics and government Répression politique -- Poésie. -- Chili Spanish language materials