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Records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990). This offers an anguished response to Chile's violent history.

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"An exciting literary event." Publishers Weekly "Important and dynamic... Every young poet ... needs to read and study this book. The lessons found here will redefine poetic commitment." The Bloomsbury Review "Zurita is seen by many to be the most important poet in Chile and the inheritor of Neruda's legacy... An important book." Poetry Foundation/ Harriet "Beautifully produced, well translated, and as lyrically chilling as when it was first written in the shadow of Pinochet's ... dictatorship." Molossus

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Foreword by C. D. Wright Preface: Some Words for This Edition Purgatory Afterword by Anna Deeny Notes

Purgatory

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    A Paperback / softback by Raul Zurita, Anna Deeny, C.D. Wright

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 02/11/2009
      ISBN13: 9780520259737, 978-0520259737
      ISBN10: 0520259734
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Records the physical, cultural, and spiritual violence perpetrated against the Chilean people under Pinochet's military dictatorship (1973-1990). This offers an anguished response to Chile's violent history.

      Trade Review
      "An exciting literary event." Publishers Weekly "Important and dynamic... Every young poet ... needs to read and study this book. The lessons found here will redefine poetic commitment." The Bloomsbury Review "Zurita is seen by many to be the most important poet in Chile and the inheritor of Neruda's legacy... An important book." Poetry Foundation/ Harriet "Beautifully produced, well translated, and as lyrically chilling as when it was first written in the shadow of Pinochet's ... dictatorship." Molossus

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by C. D. Wright Preface: Some Words for This Edition Purgatory Afterword by Anna Deeny Notes

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