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A review by nearit
PARADISE: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Three. Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray by Alasdair Gray, Dante Alighieri
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Dante's Paradise is an elaborate mechanism that aims to replicate that which claims to be beyond replication.
Gray's replication of Dante's work is always fresh, often amusing, sometimes profound and reliably curious. If we find ourselves squinting when he subs in references to "Whigs" and "the Kirk" while preserving the social and theological content, perhaps this is helpful, lest we get too dazzled along the way.
Gray's replication of Dante's work is always fresh, often amusing, sometimes profound and reliably curious. If we find ourselves squinting when he subs in references to "Whigs" and "the Kirk" while preserving the social and theological content, perhaps this is helpful, lest we get too dazzled along the way.