Twin Brizzi brothers allow a wider audience to appreciate Dante's great work. I have not read The Divine Comedy and find even the idea of reading it intimidating. My son, who will be a junior this coming school year, will be reading Dante's Inferno. He's not intimidated! When I found this adaptation, I was thrilled. It helps build schema and gives confidence to read the original work. I am undecided if I will have him read this adaptation because of the warning below.
I read online that the brothers are working on adpatations for the rest of The Divine Comedy!
*Highly recommend for high school through adult (To be expected: the setting is hell, the people are evil & act evil!)--but read warning below before handing to a high school boy.
Warning: All the people are naked. Some illustrations depict women's full breasts. The women are grotesque so they are not alluring. But would seeing them lead a boy to seek to look at more appealing images?
-Borrowed from the library.
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