Commedia

'Divine Comedy' - The award-winning new translation by Kurt Flasch is now available in paperback. Dante's 'Commedia' is like the cathedral that was built in Florence during his time: countless entrances and exits lead under a great dome, where the stories and characters, the biographies and knowledge of their time resonate infinitely. His 'Commedia' traverses the entire metaphysical cosmos of that era - Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise - while simultaneously navigating the dark alleys and hidden staircases of his time. The book was both a vision and a scandal. With his extensively annotated prose translation, Kurt Flasch presents the result of his lifelong engagement with Dante. His elegant language, his skill in vivid representation, and his encyclopedic knowledge intertwine to reveal Dante's cosmos anew to the reader.