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In this masterful retelling of one of the greatest works of world literature, Alasdair Gray - in his last work - offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Lyrical and modern, this complete edition brings all three parts of Dante's epic journey through Hell and Purgatory and on to Paradise together in a single volume for the first time.
Price: $22.00
Pages: 432
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Canongate Canons
Series: Canons
Publication Date:
03 May 2022
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.08 in
ISBN: 9781786897022
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POETRY / European / Italian, Poetry by individual poets, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, POETRY / Epic, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Fiction in translation
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
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
Lucid, lyrical, imaginative
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
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
Powerfully conveys the appalling nature of a vision which has terrified and enthralled Western men and women down the centuries
— NICOLA STURGEON
A necessary genius
— ALI SMITH
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake
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
Lucid, lyrical, imaginative
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
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
Powerfully conveys the appalling nature of a vision which has terrified and enthralled Western men and women down the centuries
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. He lived in Glasgow.