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The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new edition of the Italian text takes recent critical editions into account, and Durling's prose translation, like that of the Inferno, is unprecedented in its accuracy, eloquence, and closeness to Dante's...

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“I hate literary letters, carefully drafted, copied over and over; I sit at the typewriter and let the vast river of thoughts and affection flow,” Julio Cortázar wrote in 1942: a statement he lived by. In these letters, which read like a personal diary, autobiography and «binnacle» for his books, we glimpse the making of an unmistakable style. Ever-inquisitive, Cortázar delves into every aspect of his efforts as a writer, his political restlessness and personal ups-and-downs. He sums up each day, comments on what he reads, hears and sees, and recounts his adventures as a translator,...

La condición humana, los altos decibelios de la vida moderna y las encrucijadas de lo que llamamos realidad son las herramientas del autor en esta compilación de cuentos. El ser humano desnudo ante el espejo, la inconformidad y el desaliento en un mundo cada vez más solitario e incomprensible le dan forma a estas narraciones donde el ayer, el presente y el futuro son simples condicionantes para llegar al intríngulis: estamos solos. Historias rotas, rasgos decadentes, aventuras malsanas y un poco de amor que se filtra por la ventana son las viñetas de un escenario creado por Hermes...