num_pages: 416
description: "Palma's wonderfully readable translation comes close to perfection. I'm tempted to call it a miracle."―X. J. Kennedy Unlike every known translator before him, Michael Palma re-creates Dante's masterpiece in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others, rendering Inferno into contemporary American English while maintaining Dante's original triple rhyme scheme. The result is a translation that can be appreciated for its literal faithfulness and beautiful poetic form, accompanied by facing-page Italian and explanatory notes. "A superb translation; highly recommended."― Library Journal "I find Michael Palma's Inferno to be one that I'm having a hard time improving."―Lawrence Ferlinghetti "I think highly of Michael Palma's Inferno ....Readers will find it admirably clear and readable."―Richard Wilbur
language: English
title: Inferno: A New Verse Translation
titlecomplete: Inferno: A New Verse Translation (New Verse Translation by Michael Palma)
characters: Beatrice (diverse works), Dante Alighieri, Paolo, Odysseus, Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Charon (mythology), Francesca
genres: Classics, Italian Literature, Fantasy, Philosophy, Religion, Fiction, School, Literature, Poetry, Medieval
ratings_count: 174836
series: La Divina Commedia
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company