#85
Title: The Inferno of Dante
Author: Dante Alighieri
Read
by: George Guidall
Translated
by: Robert Pinsky
Genre: Fiction
Rating: B
Originally
published: 1317
Dates: 12/12/16
– 12/19/16
Cds/Hrs:
4/5.25
This is part
one of The Divine Comedy. Our narrator,
Dante, and his leader, Virgil, traverse the downward spirals to the center of
the earth. Hell, as it is known, isn’t
for the faint of heart nor for mortals. Each
circle seems to be worse than the previous one – but it’s just the seven deadly
sins being played out, each in their own hellish way. The whole experience is a terrifying vision
of the consequences of sin. And we all
are sinners. And fortunately for Dante
there was a way back through an opening that brought him back to the starry
night.
In his
translation, “Robert Pinsky deftly responds to every nuance of meaning and
affirms The Inferno as a powerful living classic for today’s listeners.
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