{"product_id":"inferno-the-divine-comedy-i-by-dante-9780140448955","title":"Inferno: The Divine Comedy I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante.\" - Bernard O'Donoghue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDescribing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, \u003cem\u003eInferno: The Divine Comedy I\u003c\/em\u003e depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLed by leering demons, the poet must ultimately journey with Virgil to the deepest level of all. For it is only by encountering Satan, in the heart of Hell, that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46501380522220,"sku":"9780140448955","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27377323482237.jpg?v=1748595637","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/inferno-the-divine-comedy-i-by-dante-9780140448955","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}