booklog: The Inferno

In 2013 I read The Inferno by Dante Alighieri.

Timeline

  • Sep 11, 2013: started reading.
  • Sep 14, 2013: finished reading.

Review

Riveting, inventive, and a compelling read. I did, however, find myself wishing from time to time that I was able to read it in the original Italian. While Longfellow's translation is novel and fun to read, it is, ultimately, prose. It lacks that lyricism and sonority that inevitably make Dante's poetry classic.




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