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Divinas comedias, published in 1976 and awarded with the Pulitzer Prize, is the first of a series of James Merrill's books. This first volume contains one of the most relevant narrative poems of the 20th century: Lost in Translation, made into a movie by director Sofia Coppola and considered by some critics as autobiographical. In this poem, author James Merrill bares his soul open before his readers, a tedious, void-of-emotion soul, unable to reconcile his past existence with present life. show more In order to understand this poem, the reader has to solve a puzzle which main piece has been kept hidden since childhood by the author. show lessTags
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- Divine Comedies
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- 1976
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