The Inferno of Dante

A New Verse Translation by Robert Pinsky

By: Dante Alighieri, Robert Pinsky - translator

Narrated by: Seamus Heaney, Frank Bidart, Louise Glück, Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky's new verse translation of the Inferno makes it clear to the contemporary listener, as no other in English has done, why Dante is universally considered a poet of great power, intensity, and strength. This critically acclaimed translation was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award given by the Academy of American Poets. Well versed, rapid, and various in style, the Inferno is narrated by Pinsky and three other leading poets: Seamus Heaney, Frank Bidart, and Louise Glück.

©1994 Robert Pinsky (P)2014 Penguin Audio

Not a fav

Too many actors. The young guy is acting so forced it's annoying, and his cadence is off. Then there is the girl robot who is so monotone. You can also hear office back ground noise. Then only two that made this tollerable was the european and the other guy. The actors totally ruined the book, I just couldn't wait to get done with it.

Monotone

I couldn't listen to the reader's monotone voice for any longer than a few minutes.

Dante...amazing

beautifully performed..a powerful enduring work. . you will not regret purchasing this book. Engrossing unforgettable

The narrators have listless tone.

Their ability to draw you in has been exanguanated. Their lethargic and sluggish performance is boring.

It's hard for me to stay focused on the content with their ability to perform the story.

great book, I enjoy it over and over

i loved the book, listening to a good classic is always a great cho8ce for a long trip.

great book

easy to listen to. good voice acting with a very mysterious story. will listen to again

Dante

This book is wonderful, absolutely amazing.. Though it was written many of many years ago and that it is a " Comady " To me there is alot of points that was hit on that I have not heard or read if anyone else.

Classic story, horrid narration

Each section has a different narrator and out of the first four only one was acceptable the others sounded like disinterested first time read throughs. The inflection was abysmal and the tone monotonous and disinterested as if they were being forced to read it in front of a class. I couldn't even finish listening to this rendition.

On the plus side I liked the dramatic music between chapters.

Brilliant poetry, obsessively political

Perhaps if Dante had anticipated that his readership would extend across the globe and into the 21st century, he would not have imagined the moral order of the Universe having so quite much to do with Florentine politics during Dante's own era.

Audio quality could be better

Musical interludes between cantos adds a dramatic flair but the voice quality is degraded. I listen on iPad with a JBL Charge 5 speaker and though I have excellent hearing in the voice range, it’s sometimes requires straining to make out some of the words. This appears to be because of the frequencies of the narrator’s voice.
Otherwise it’s good.