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Following the acclaim for their innovative edition of Dante's Inferno, Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders guide us to the next level of the afterlife in Dante's Purgatorio. The second book of Dante Alighieri's classic poem The Divine Comedy, this version of Purgatorio couples a clever literary adaptation incorporating modern urban speech and contemporary references with powerful illustrations inspired by Gustave Dore's famous engravings. Whereas Inferno was primarily situated in a city that bears a curious resemblance to modern Los Angeles, Purgatorio is set in a surreal San Francisco Bay Area, an outlandish and hopeful milieu for those who have a chance to wash their sins away. Together, the sardonic yet playful combination of text and images comprise a vivid retelling of this masterpiece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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It is mentioned on page 31 that the artist's works are held by the Sackner Collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Hoffmeister composedmade the illustrations, designed the dust jacket and end papers. The text hints at experimental typography with varied size bold face letters and inserted tables. This is Ehrenburg's first novel, written in twenty-eight days in Belgium in 1921, during his forced tour of Europe after his expulsion from Russia and then France. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Kryads are cast bronze [sculptures] and are pictured opposite the poems described by the artist as the result of his "trying to remember what was happening when I made these particular sculptures and speaking about it in a language and rhythm that wants to approach their nature." The introductory essay was written by Victor Manfredi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cucchi's text is illustrated by 16 small bound-in drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The drawings by Della Casa that are reproduced in this book depict images of Spatola. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book includes reprodutions of 27 drawings by Koraichi. On the publishers WEB site, a critique is provided in French. Un chant d'espoir pour la paix à venir entre Palestine et Israel [A song of hope for peace to come between Palistine and Israel.]. La huppe, messagere de l'Invisible pour les mystiques musulmans, serait à l'origine de la rencontre entre le roi Salomon et la Sulamite, venue du royaume de l'encens. De cette etreinte, dit-on, naquit le plus beau des chants d'amour"¦ Aujourd'hui, l'oiseau s'est refugie dans le sommeil. Dans un espace trop charge de memoire, deux peuples hantes par leurs mirages et enfermes par leurs peurs, se massacrent. Les generations se succedent et semblent avoir oublie jusqu'à la signification du mot paix. Parfois un reve traverse la huppe, l'emportant dans un flux d'images. Le present reveille le passe, les siecles se bousculent. On peut alors peut entendre les voix de la mysterieuse Sulamite, de l'amant et du chÅ“ur de Jerusalem se...

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Sixteen reproduced line drawings in the book were done by Barbel Busch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poem by Wendell Berry was written as a memorial to the death of John F. Kennedy. The illustrations and lettering were done by Ben Shahn. The poem was first published in the magazine, The Nation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Lithographs by Joan Miro. One collage of cut papers by Brossa. Published as an homage by Brossa on the occasion of Miro's eightieth birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This a reprint of a unique book in an unknown edition size and carries the designation as an artist proof. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was first published in 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Published on the occasion of an exhibition by the artist at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The author of this erotic novel published in the 17th century is unknown. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.