Started: 5/22/06
Finished: 5/24/06
Pages: 340
Year: 1980
Genre: Classic Fiction
Grade: C
Reason for reading: booksfree.com book-trying to read some of the classics
Blurb (from back cover): "In this superb translation of the Inferno, Allen Mandelbaum brings to life for contemporary readers the first and most famous part of Dante's Divine Comedy: the poet's classic journey through the underworld. Here is Dante at his ribald, shocking, and demonic best as he describes in unforgettably vivid detail his harrowing descent to the very bottom of Hell. Filled with politics and philosophy, humor and horror, the Inferno is an epic poem at once personal and universal that provides a darkly illuminating view into our present world no less than Dante's own. For as we're led to the last circle of the Inferno we recognize the very worst in human nature...and the ever-abiding potential for redemption. Complete with an introduction and commentary, this definitive dual-language edition is unsurpassed for its clarity, beauty, and faithfulness to the original."
Opinion: Am I glad that I read this? Yes and no. I can now say that I read it but wouldn't read it again. Will I attempt to grab the other two parts of the Divine Comedy? Maybe, certainly not anytime soon. I have too many other books to read (approximately 1700). Would I recommend it? Only to people who are trying to read the classics or enjoyed the other main epic poems out there.
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