{"product_id":"9780520259737","title":"Purgatory","description":"\u003cbr\u003eRaúl 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 Valparaíso 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\u003eAnteparaíso (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.","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078539940080,"sku":"9780520259737","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780520259737_p0.jpg?v=1784729820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780520259737","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}