Dante's Divine Comedy - Part Three: Paradise (Translated by Alasdair Gray)

- Reviews -

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, Best Books of 2018 * * 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 * * 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 * * This slim but handsome volume sees Glasgow author Gray complete part two of his translation of Dante' s Divine Comedy . . . If you' ve ever wanted to try the classic, but have been daunted, now is your chance * * Sunday Post * * Powerfully conveys the appalling nature of a vision which has terrified and enthralled Western men and women down the centuries * * Times Literary Supplement * * Slick, easy to read . . . Gray is rather good at catching the colloquial nature of the poem . . . An excellent primer to Dante . . . In terms of verve, vim and vigour Gray has succeeded here. It is, if such a thing can be, an "easy" Dante, and one that does capture the comedy as well as the pathos and anguish of the poem * * Scotsman * * Rich in vivid imagery . . . Dante' s voice, even when rendered into English-language prose, resonates across the centuries, occasionally addressing the reader directly in a thrilling breaking of the fourth wall. Some cantos even end in a cliffhanger, making Purgatory surprisingly readable and engaging; this is no stuffy old classic * * Herald * * Praise for Alasdair Gray: A necessary genius -- ALI SMITH The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON

- Author Bio -

Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.

- Full Details -

Status:	Active
ISBN-13:	9781786894748
Published:	5 Nov 2020
Published In:	United Kingdom
Imprint:	Canongate Books
Publisher:	Canongate Books
Format:	Hardback
Height:	240mm
Width:	144mm
Spine:	18mm
Weight:	292g
Pages:	144

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