Dante's Divine Trilogy
«No other translator has made the narratives so clear or strong, and the distinctive power of the work lies in the clarity of the storytelling . . . This Hell is a magnificent feat of reimagining of one of the greatest of all human creations»
* Herald *
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Canongate Canons
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 432
- ISBN
- 9781786897022
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«No other translator has made the narratives so clear or strong, and the distinctive power of the work lies in the clarity of the storytelling . . . This Hell is a magnificent feat of reimagining of one of the greatest of all human creations»
* Herald *
«Powerfully conveys the appalling nature of a vision which has terrified and enthralled Western men and women down the centuries»
* Times Literary Supplement *
«An ancient masterpiece glistens again as his lyricism takes flight, while keeping one foot balanced on solid ground . . . Gray turns Dante's language into clear English, sometimes with a playful comic turn . . . Remarkable»
* i *
«One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times»
NICOLA STURGEON
«A necessary genius»
ALI SMITH
«Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake»
* Observer *
«One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language»
IRVINE WELSH
«Praise for Dante's Divine Trilogy: Alasdair Gray has cast a spell over Dante's Hell, creating (and decorating) a verse translation that is modern, lyrical, yet faithful to the original»
* New Statesman *