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A review by bruinuclafan
the inferno by Dante Alighieri
3.0
Really interesting book but a difficult translation to read. I should have known better since it was the same translator who did the Aeneid.
The boom is about Dante’s tour though the various circles of hell. He is taken on this tour by his guide, Virgil, author of The Aeneid. I enjoyed the parts of he book that tied in with that story, as well as The Odyssey and The Iliad. I thought it was pretty funny that Odysseus ended up in one of the deepest circles of hell: Dante was obviously a Trojan sympathizer.
I’m glad I read it, but also ready to move on to something else. I’ll revisit a different translation in a few years.
The boom is about Dante’s tour though the various circles of hell. He is taken on this tour by his guide, Virgil, author of The Aeneid. I enjoyed the parts of he book that tied in with that story, as well as The Odyssey and The Iliad. I thought it was pretty funny that Odysseus ended up in one of the deepest circles of hell: Dante was obviously a Trojan sympathizer.
I’m glad I read it, but also ready to move on to something else. I’ll revisit a different translation in a few years.