Luzzi just published his own translation of a different work by Dante – Vita Nuova. It's a lesser known work, much slimmer and more digestible than The Divine Comedy. It depicts a young Dante ...

He wrote about the experience; it’s called the Divine Comedy ... and poet like Virgil, whom Dante idolized, to reach Dante where he was, lost in the woods. Virgil took Dante as far towards ...