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. "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".
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.
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
