{"product_id":"purgatorio","title":"Purgatorio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the middle section of Dante’s great poem about losing, and subsequently finding, one’s way in the middle of one’s life is, unsurprisingly, the beating heart of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, as this powerful and lucid new translation by the poet D. M. Black makes wonderfully clear. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter days spent plumbing the depths of hell, the pilgrim staggers back to the clear light of day in a state of shock, the sense of pervasive dread and deep bewilderment with which he began his pilgrimage as intensified as it is alleviated by his terminal vision of evil. The slow and initially arduous climb up the mount of Purgatory that ensues, guided as always by Virgil, his poetic model and mentor, is simultaneously a reckoning with human limits and a rediscovery of human potential in the light of divine promise. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDante’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which has been an inspiration to poets as varied as Shelley and T. S. Eliot, is a book full of human stories and philosophical inquiry; it is also a tale of individual reintegration and healing. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack, a distinguished psychoanalyst as well as a poet, provides an introduction and commentary to this masterpiece by Dante from a contemporary point of view in this bilingual edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e Published: UK, 2021\u003cbr\u003e Publisher: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 464\u003cbr\u003e Language: English\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 13: 9781681376059\u003cbr\u003e ISBN 10: 1681376059\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43588807721226,"sku":"","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/products\/9781681376059.jpg?v=1656065274","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/purgatorio","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}