In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself again in a darkwood where the right way was lost . So begins Frank Salvidios compellingtranslation of ... » 

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself again in a darkwood where the right way was lost . So begins Frank Salvidios compellingtranslation of the great journey of Western Christian Civilizationthepilgrimage of Dante Alighieri from the exile of sin to the Promised Land ofsalvationa journey whose beginning in fire and ice has made the expressionDantes Inferno a commonplace in virtually every language of the modernworld. As in his translation of the Vita Nuova praised not only for itsexceptional clarity and fidelity to the original but also for itsthoughtfullywoven representation of the graceful straightforwardness of thelinguaggio dantesco Salvidio has once again recreated Dantes intense andriveting voice in the unadorned simplicity of American English. Additionallythe facing notessuccinct and scholarlymake this translation ideal forstudents of the poem. «