Paradiso

I have not yet read it , but I'm happy to have it.

I am thoroughly enjoying this 3 book translation of the Divine Comedy written in the 1300s in Italian.The Divine Comedy is not easy to read and even harder to understand but the authors Robert & Jean Hollander write in easier to understand English. Still very hard to read/comprehend but this work (3 books: Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso ..bought separably) helped me feel not quite as lost.

The book arrived looking better than described, I thought. I'm very pleased and would look for this seller again.

I never purchase used books that are described as "acceptable". This book was acceptable. The cover was bent and the edges frayed. I found more markings in the book that I expected. I was expecting a book in good condition, so I feel that I didn't get what I paid for.

I bought this as preparation for a course on Dante, recommended by the tutor, and it is an ideal choice, even for the beginner. A dual-language version, Italian on the left, English (by poet Jean Hollander) on the right, each Canto preceded by a useful summary and followed by explanatory notes by Robert Hollander, which I would say are essential to a fuller understanding of the poem, though the constant cross-referencing (which I have no intention of following up - at 73, my remaining days are more precious to me than that) makes the reading of the notes more of a chore than it need be.It might be worth noting that the 'translation' is actually a poetic English version of the original, so I was often at something of a loss as to how the English meant what the original seemed to be saying. Otherwise, absolutely perfect for my purposes.