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by: Marcus Sanders  
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Dewey Decimal Number: 851.1 EAN: 9780811847193 ISBN: 0811847195 Label: Chronicle Books Manufacturer: Chronicle Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: May 05, 2005 Publisher: Chronicle Books Studio: Chronicle Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Following the acclaim for their innovative edition of Dante's Inferno, Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders guide us to the next level of the afterlife in Dante's Purgatorio. The second book of Dante Alighieri's classic poem The Divine Comedy, this version of Purgatorio couples a clever literary adaptation incorporating modern urban speech and contemporary references with powerful illustrations inspired by Gustave Dor 's famous engravings. Whereas Inferno was primarily situated in a city that bears a curious resemblance to modern Los Angeles, Purgatorio is set in a surreal San Francisco Bay Area, an outlandish and hopeful milieu for those who have a chance to wash their sins away. Together, the sardonic yet playful combination of text and images comprise a vivid retelling of this masterpiece. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Medieval vision of the afterlifeThis was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history. "The Divine Comedy" describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso), guided first by the Roman epic poet Virgil and then by Beatrice, the subject of his love and another of his works, "La Vita Nuova." While the vision of Hell, the Inferno, is vivid for modern readers, the theological niceties presented in the other books require a certain amount of patience and scholarship ... Read More Rating:  - Better than chicken - but not quite steak.I have read many translations/adaptations that have attempted to capture the world of Dante. Some great, some below par. This one by Sandow Birk would rate fairly high. Sandow Birk took Dante's world, modernized it and put it into his own words. The thing about the book that really captivated me were the images in each Canto. Each image relates to the text and is thoughtfully done. Another thing that was nice about the book was the easiness at which the text was adapted. One does not ... Read More 
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