Divina Commedia - Purgatorio

This is a great book, but does require the notes to make any sense of it. Hundreds of characters from Danté's Italy not to mention host of mythological and Biblical ones tended to distract me just reading the poetry and appreciating Dante's wonderful descriptions. I have to stop at the end of each c Leggi tutto

After struggling through Inferno and having everyone tell me that it just gets worse, my hopes for Purgatorio and Paradiso were basically non-existent. I was bracing myself for a lengthy and boring reading experience and lots of frustration. Turns out, everyone was wrong! This book fucking slaps! I' Leggi tutto

در مزرع وجود شما، عشق بذر هر خوبی است، و نیز بذر هر بدی. ویرژیل دانته، در ادامه ی سفر خویش از دوزخ به بهشت، به برزخ می رسد. جایی که بنا بر الهیات مسیحی، بر خلاف دوزخ که عذاب ابدی است، گناهکاران پس از گذراندن دوره ی عذاب، پاک می شوند و به بهشت راه می یابند. در یکی از طبقات برزخ (طبقه ی نفس پرستی) دانته Leggi tutto

Dante anuncia que ahora tomará como tema "el segundo reino". Aquí es donde se limpia el alma del hombre: la montaña del Purgatorio. 3.5 en realidad Si bien esta vez pasamos al Purgatorio; centro de limpieza, reflexión, arrepentimiento y penitencia para las almas que han pecado; la historia sigue teni Leggi tutto

64th book of 2021. Artist for this review is, again, French artist Gustave Doré. Most people never read past Inferno and I often guessed at why: in Hell we have mythical beasts, fire, punishment, demons, etc., and surely that is far more enjoyable to read about then Dante walking about a lovely garde Leggi tutto