Purgatory - Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray

Author(s): Dante Alighieri; Alasdair Gray

Poetry | Western Europe | Translated fiction

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 sublime version of Dante's masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in his own unique idiom.Lyrical, modern and illuminatingly illustrated, this remarkable edition yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.

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  • : 9781786894731
  • : Canongate Books
  • : Canongate Books
  • : 0.01
  • : November 2019
  • : .709 Inches X 5.669 Inches X 9.449 Inches
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Special Fields

  • : Dante Alighieri; Alasdair Gray
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 851.1
  • : 144